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BIRD FLU JUMPS TO CATS
(BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3505339.stm
At least two domestic cats were affected
The detection of the deadly bird flu virus in cats does not signify an
increased risk to human health, the World Health Organization has said.
The WHO statement follows confirmation that the virus was found in two
domestic cats and a tiger in Thailand.
Catastrophic news...
Harvey
The discovery triggered concern that the disease was jumping species.
"While conclusions are premature... infection in cats is not considered
likely to enhance the present risk to human health," the WHO said.
Chicken farm
So far 22 people have died of bird flu, the most recent cases being a
four-year-old Thai boy and a man in Vietnam.
There has been no recorded case of the virus passing from human to human.
Please don't panic - please do not feed your animals uncooked chicken
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
But health experts are worried that if the virus mixes with a regular
human
influenza strain, it might create a mutant form that was able to pass
between humans, triggering a human flu pandemic.
Thai scientists said tests on the cats and also on the white tiger
"confirmed 100% identical genetic code to the bird flu virus found in
chickens".
The two cats that died of the virus were among 15 owned by a Thai man who
lived near an infected chicken farm in Nakorn Pathom, about 60 kilometres
(40 miles) west of Bangkok, Dr Teeraphon Sirinauemit of the Kasetsart
University said.
The white tiger from the Khao Khiew zoo in Chonburi province near Bangkok
tested positive for the virus, but had since recovered and was in good
health, he said.
Mr Teeraphon also said tests had confirmed that a rare Thai leopard from
the
same zoo died of the H5N1 virus last month.
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged Thais not to feed their pets
uncooked chicken meat.
"Please don't panic," Mr Thaksin told reporters in Bangkok.
"If animals eat raw infected chicken, they will have no immunity. Please
do
not feed your animals uncooked chicken."
Pandemic fear
The latest Thai victim was from the country's northern province of Khon
Kaen. He died on 3 February and the World Health Organization confirmed on
Wednesday that he was killed by bird flu.
AVIAN FLU ALERT
First jumped "species barrier" from bird to human in 1997
In humans, symptoms include fever, sore throat, and cough
Types which threaten humans are influenza A subtypes H5N1 and H9N2
Q&A Avian flu
In addition, Vietnam, the only other country where the virus has spread to
humans, reported its 15th fatal case, although the WHO said it had not yet
received verification of this from the Vietnamese Government.
Thailand had hoped to declare the country free of bird flu by the end of
the
month, but the virus has now been found among fighting cocks in areas
where
mass culls had been carried out.
Tens of millions of chickens and ducks have been slaughtered across Asia
as
the outbreak has also hit Vietnam, China, South Korea, Cambodia, Taiwan,
Indonesia, Pakistan, Laos and Japan.
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