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On News/Activism 02/05/2004 5:21:50 PM PST #6,720 of 6,847
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Disastrous 1918 Flu Linked to Birds, Study Says
Stefan Lovgren
for National Geographic News
February 5, 2004
Solving an 86-year-old medical mystery, British scientists have determined the structure of the so-called "Spanish flu" virus that jumped from birds to humans in 1918, killing more than 20 million people worldwide.
In two separate studies, researchers from the Medical Research Council in London showed that the virus likely derived from an avian virus and retained some key characteristics of its avian precursor that caught the human immune system off-guard.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_spanishflu.html other just released story links
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=4295201§ion=news http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8599258%5E1702,00.html http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/7883525.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3455873.stm http://my.webmd.com/content/article/81/97021.htm?lastselectedguid=%7B5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348%7DUPDATE
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Bird Flu Surfaces In Delaware
Location Of Chicken Houses Not Disclosed
Feb 6, 2004 8:07 pm US/Central
DOVER, Del. (AP) Delaware officials ordered the destruction of some 12,000 farm chickens on Friday after confirming that the flock was infected by avian influenza.
State agriculture secretary Michael Scuse said the flu strain is different from the one that has spread to the human population in Asia, and that there is no threat to human health.
Scuse would not disclose the location of the infected chicken houses or identify the grower, saying only that it was an independent operation in Kent County.
The strain, known as H7, has the potential to cause severe economic damage if it spreads to the commercial broiler industry, a linchpin of the region's agricultural economy.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/topstories_story_037210933.html