Bird traders fingered in spread of avian flu
May 31 2006 at 03:42AM
By Svetlana Kovalyova
Rome - The multi-billion-dollar trade in poultry and wild birds, especially illegal trading, may have helped spread deadly bird flu around the world, leading bird flu experts said on Tuesday.
The virus has killed 127 of the 224 people it has infected since re-emerging in Asia in late 2003, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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By Svetlana Kovalyova
Rome - The multi-billion-dollar trade in poultry and wild birds, especially illegal trading, may have helped spread deadly bird flu around the world, leading bird flu experts said on Tuesday.
The virus has killed 127 of the 224 people it has infected since re-emerging in Asia in late 2003, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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