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Bird Flu Outbreaks Spread West and South in Turkey
Recombinomics Commentary
January 5, 2006
New bird flu outbreaks have been discovered in the central Turkish province of Yozgat, the southeastern province of Sanlıurfa, and in the eastern provinces of Erzurum, Igdır and Agrı. All provinces have been put under quarantine.
The above comments indicate H5N1 is rapidly spreading western into central Turkey. Sanliurfa border Syria and Yozgat is in central Turkey, well west of Erzurum.
The number of hospitalized patients is approaching 30 and two patients have died. This geographical expansion of the bird flu in Turkey is of concern because of the high number of hospitalized persons who have developed bird flu symptoms over a short time period.
The expansion in Turkey suggest H5N1 has also migrated into neighboring countries, although none have filed the mandatory OIE reports.
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