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Risk of avian influenza overestimated: expert [1]

The risk of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu or N5N1) which is a highly contagious viral disease, is being overestimated in the metropolis especially by the media. People close to the birds and pigs usually are infected with the avian influenza due to the highly concentrated poultry and pig farming in the non-Muslim countries. Avian influenza cannot be declared as pandemic on behalf of only 206 deaths world wide in duration of more than 12 years.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2008
Nation (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Avian Flu [3], Health Effects [4]
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