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FAO Warns Mutant Form Of H5N1 Bird Flu Poses Threat To Asia
"The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday warned about a new mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus in China and Vietnam, saying there could be a 'major resurgence' of the disease," Agence France-Presse reports. In a statement, FAO "said it was concerned about 'the appearance in China and Vietnam of a variant virus able to sidestep the defenses provided by existing vaccines,' adding that the new strain was known as H5N1 - 2.3.2.1," the news agency notes. The organization said the virus, which can be spread by wild bird migration, "poses a direct threat to Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia as well as endangering the Korean peninsula and Japan" (8/29).
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