10 LINES ON BIRD FLU
1) Avian influenza or H5N1 is commonly called bird flu.
2) It is a highly transmissible disease and Influenza type A is a causal agent in birds.
3) Wild aquatic birds are the natural source of avian influenza viruses.
4) Different strains of the Influenza virus are responsible for swine, horse, dog, and human flu.
5) Out of three types (A, B, C) Influenza A is specific to birds.
6) Avian influenza accounts for the high mortality rate in birds.
7) Avian influenza is capable of transmission from birds to human beings.
8) The two types of avian influenza strains are high pathogenic and low pathogenic strains.
9) The high pathogenic avian influenza strain was first found in a goose in China in 1996.
10) In 1997, cases of human infection by bird flu were first reported in Hong Kong.
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