Bird flu showing signs of mutation - China expert. One of China's top doctors has said that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported today. [News Source]

India culls poultry to contain new bird flu outbreak. Only a month after authorities declared bird flu was under control in eastern India, veterinary workers began culling thousands of chickens on Monday to contain a fresh outbreak in poultry. [News Source]

Bird flu expert urges vigilance in China (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Fresh bird flu outbreak in India. Veterinary workers in India have begun culling tens of thousands of chickens in an attempt to combat a fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal. [News Source]

Bird flu kills wild civets in Vietnam (Straits Times) HANOI - FOUR wild civets which died in a Vietnamese national park tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said on Tuesday as a fresh avian influenza outbreak was reported. [News Source]

Bird flu shows signs of mutation: China expert (Environmental News Network) HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported on Tuesday. "When avian flu is around and human flu appears, this will raise the chances of avian flu turning into a human flu. We have to be very alert and careful in March," Zhong ... [News Source]

Bird flu shows signs of mutation: China expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu showing signs of mutation: Expert (Express India) One of China's top doctors has said that H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily. [News Source]

Bird flu showing signs of mutation: China expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News) One of China's top doctors has said that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu ’showing signs of mutation’ (News Interactive) ONE of China's top doctors has disclosed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported. [News Source]

Bird flu showing signs of mutation (TVNZ) One of China's top doctors has disclosed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]