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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:05 AM Subject: H5N1 bird flu reaches Africa
NewScientist.com - NEWSFLASH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ H5N1 bird flu reaches Africa Confirming the fears of public health experts, the deadly virus has broken out in Nigeria - at least 40,000 poultry have died. Scientists fear human poverty and disease in Africa could combine with millions of highly susceptible backyard poultry to produce many human infections, and potentially a human pandemic virus. But New Scientist can reveal that the location of Africa's first reported outbreak should not come as a surprise. Click on the link below for the full story on NewScientist.com: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8695 Science and technology news and features updated daily at http://www.newscientist.com Subscribe to New Scientist magazine and get 4 FREE ISSUES at: http://www.qssa.co.uk/new_scientist/default.asp?promcode=2169 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewScientist.com's Newsflash emails are an additional free service to from NewScientist.com e-zines. Newsflash emails come from NewScientist's online daily news service, and stories are available exclusively online. The alerts are sent on an occasional basis when a story of especially high interest breaks. If you would prefer not to receive Newsflashes from NewScientist.com, please click on the following link: http://www.prq0.com/quickstart/LeadCapture/Display_LeadCapture.asp?e=XbcbdeacBD-RaA&oid=UcjjbCB Please note that replies to this email address will not be read. To receive a response to your message, please email us using the form on this page: http://www.newscientist.com/contactperson.ns?recipient=wmtr -- www.e-laser.org Laser@inventati.org
