EUROPEAN DUCKS HAVE H5N1

摘要

H5N1 bird flu could become endemic in Europe-if it isn't already. Researchers at the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute in Insel Riems, Germany, have found antibodies to H5N1 in apparently healthy ducks at two farms near Nuremberg in southern Germany, close to a farm where ducks fell ill with the virus in August. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says this should be seen as a wake-up call, showing that "surveillance and virus search strategies should be reviewed".