Re: Bird Flu News 3-18-6

Bird flu is also known as avian Influenza . It is highly contagious
viral disease affecting mostly chickens , ducks ,turkeys ,quails .
This disease was identified 100 years back .The recent outbreaks in
Asia, however, have been largely caused by a highly contagious and
virulent strain, known as H5N1.
Antiviral drugs are there to treat bird flu .These drugs are in high
demand .In addition number of companies are trying to develop vaccines
against bird flu. More information on bird flu can be found in the
following in the sites :
http://www.scidev.net/ms/bird_flu/index.cfm?pageid=377#four
http://www.drugdelivery.ca/bird-flu.aspx
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/bird_flu.html

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