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Het komt erop neer dat de vogelpest die zich onderhand als wel wat verspreid heeft via vogeltjes die gekocht zijn op een vogelmarkt in Moskou en in de omgeving is terechtgekomen. Nou, het stikt van de vogelmarkten daar, gigantische hallen met daken en geen zijkanten zodat je in ieder geval droog staat. De vogeltjes zouden ILLEGAAL uit Iran zijn gekomen en de Krasnodar regio. In Iran zijn nu trouwens ook steeds uitbraken.Ook in Oost Afganistan - Nangarhar en Kunar. Vorig jaar brak het in maart/april uit in Kabul.
Alle uitbraken tot nu toe zijn hetzelfde virustype in Moskou en omgeving, ze testen trouwens verder. Ondertussen zijn er 333 boerderij ‘vogels’ gestorven.
Zie originele bericht hieronder.
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Russia suspects exotic birds caused bird flu outbreak
1 hour, 3 minutes ago
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian authorities said Wednesday they suspect illegally imported exotic birds are the source of bird flu cases detected in the Moscow region.
“The responsible agencies are looking at where the bird flu virus that showed up at the Moscow bird market could have come from,” Nikolai Vlassov, head of Russia's veterinary services, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
“We suspect that it was transported by exotic birds illegally brought in from Azerbaijan, Iran or from the Krasnodar region” in southern Russia.
Officials have said repeatedly that no human cases of bird flu had been detected in Russia.
However, the public health department said that anyone with heavy flu or a severe respiratory infection will be tested for the H5N1 virus.
Russia is also investigating whether bird flu has spread beyond the Moscow region following poultry deaths in the nearby area of Kaluga, the state veterinary service said.
“Pathological samples are being examined and we are trying to determine where the birds were purchased, but all cases are similar to those discovered earlier in the Moscow region,” Russian veterinary services spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko told Interfax.
The H5N1 bird flu strain has already been confirmed in several districts in the Moscow region, where some 333 farm birds have died, according to the Russian emergencies ministry.
The most dangerous Asian strain of H5N1, potentially fatal to humans who come into contact with infected birds, has been confirmed at two sites in the Moscow area.
The authorities have determined that some of the contaminated birds were bought at Moscow's bird market.
H5N1 had killed 164 people worldwide as of last month. Scientists worry that the virus could mutate and spread among humans.
