Re: China: H5N1 infected poultry -- symptomless


"Charles Francis" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

I'm glad you mentioned other factors. I suspected they might be
important and had been going to ask.

just somewhere to tag information reported today - just to muddy the wateres
a little more
<quote>
The appearance of asymptomatic chickens in China, however, has raised
questions about China-made vaccines.
"We're fairly certain that what is happening in southern China is that
because of the mass vaccination policy that they have been carrying out,
they now have chickens that look well but which are in fact infected," said
a source familiar with the situation.
"These vaccines are not dedicated vaccines for H5N1. They don't directly
blitz the virus. They could cause mishaps.
"We are on standby to see more (H5N1 human) cases across China ... it is not
good enough just to wait for a chicken to fall over sideways and then do
tests on it, you have to do pro-active tests on chickens." (Additional
reporting by Ben Blanchard in Beijing)
<unquote>

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