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Paradigm Shift Intervention Monitoring | Commentary Qinghai H5N1 Spread in Thuringen Germany Recombinomics Commentary July 5, 2007 In Thuringia a third case was confirmed by bird flu. Friedrich Loeffler Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on the island Riems proved, communicated found peak swan the H5N1-Virus with one at a pond in Ebeleben A second case was determined on Wednesday with a peak swan found dead at the dam Windischleuba in the Altenburger country. Meanwhile in the neighbouring Saxonia-Anhalt the bird flu was proven for the first time. 38 game birds were positively tested on the hochpathogene H5N1-Virus. The animals in artificial lake the Kelbra found The translation above describes additional confirmations of H5N1 in Thuringen. In addition to the first confirmation of a black neck grebe in Kelbra on the border with Saxony-Anhalt, a mute swan was confirmed at a dam in Altenburger county, and another mute swan was confirmed on a pond in Ebeleben. The translation above also notes that 38 additional black neck grebes have tested positive on the Saxony-Anhalt side of the lake. Local media reports indicate that the number of dead grebes on the lake has now increased to 190. 89 have been collected and are being tested. Media reports also indicate that the number of positive dead birds in Nuremburg has also increased. Thus, it appears that the number of confirmed H5N1 in Germany has now reached 55 (38 in Saxony-Anhalt, 4 at three locations in Thuringen, 3 in Saxony, and 11 in Nuremburg, Bavaria). The steady increase of H5N1 in multiple locations in four states in Germany suggest H5N1 in wild birds is widespread in the region, and is also in neighboring countries, such as the confirmed cases in the Czech Republic and France. Media sources Recombinomics Presentations |
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