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Avian flu confirmed in Afghanistan

17/03/2006

The H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Afghanistan in six samples. The samples were taken from birds found in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of Kabul, from Jalalabad City and from Khogiani district. A further six samples from Kandahar and Kunduz tested negative. All of the samples have been tested at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s laboratories in Padua, Italy.

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