H5N1 Bird Flu Returns to Ukraine
Recombinomics Commentary
May 13, 2006
In the cormorants, that perished near Sivasha (Genicheskiy region of Kherson region), was discovered the virus of the bird influenza of sub-type H5.
Approximately 50 dead birds were discovered in that region at the end of April, reported on 12 May at the session of extraordinary anti-epizootic commission with oblgosadministratsii the chief for the administration for veterinary medicine in the region Sergey Kolomiyets.
The above comments describe the return of H5N1 to the Ukraine. Ukraine was another European country reporting H5N1 in 2005 as wild birds brought H5N1 into the area. As H5N1 migrates back toward the north H5N1 was reintroduced into the Ukraine. The same re-introduction has been noted for Romania, Russia, and China.
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