Avian Influenza H5N6 -- South Korea
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza - H5N6 - has been confirmed in Korea's southern Jeju island. It's the 3rd such confirmation since the turn of winter.
The environment ministry says the virus, discovered in wild bird droppings last week, is highly-contagious.
And in another development, there are signs of a new strain of avian influenza; as the bird flu virus detected at a poultry farm in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do Province earlier this month, seems to be a combination of highly
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2Afjiv9
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