South Korea: S Korea Confirms New Outbreak Of Avian Flu (Sin Chew Jit Poh) SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: The S Korean government Monday (7 Apr) confirmed a second outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in a southwestern duck farm, reviving fears that the highly contagious virus could spread to other parts of the country. [News Source]

Clams Could Hold Key To Tracking Avian Flu (CBS4 Denver) Researchers at Colorado State University are onto something that could have international health implications. They say clams could become a new tool for tracking the avian flu. [News Source]

Chinese son likely gave bird flu to father: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A 24-year-old Chinese man who died of bird flu in December passed the virus directly to his father in a rare case of human-to-human transmission of the virus, doctors reported on Monday. [News Source]

Virulent Bird Flu Strain Confirmed in Jeongeup (donga.com) Highly pathogenic avian influenza is confirmed to have broken out in the southwestern city of Jeongeup, the second after one on a chicken farm in Gimje, North Jeolla Province. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads to Tripura (The Times of India) Bird flu has now hit Tripura, making it the fifth state to be infected by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus over the last three years. [News Source]

4th possible bird flu case hits N. Jeolla (JoongAng Daily) Another suspected outbreak of avian influenza occurred yesterday in southwestern Korea, only 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) from the village of Yeongweon in Jeongeup, North Jeolla, where 12,500 ducks were slaughtered over the weekend, a government body said yesterday. [News Source]

Fresh bird flu outbreak in India (BBC News) Veterinary officials in India's Tripura state order culling of 20,000 birds after an outbreak of bird flu is confirmed. [News Source]

Bird Flu outbreak in India’s northeastern state of Tripura (Islamic Republic News Agency) India - Tripura - Bird Flu Indian authorities Monday confirmed a bird flu outbreak in the northeastern state of Tripura with veterinary workers ordered to slaughter an estimated 20,000 birds, officials said. [News Source]

Bird-flu outbreak reported from another Indian state (Khaleej Times) NEW DELHI - Indian authorities on Monday confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza in the north-eastern state of Tripura, a news report said. [News Source]

Bird-flu outbreak reported from another Indian state (EARTHtimes.org) New Delhi - Indian authorities on Monday confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza in the north-eastern state of Tripura, a news report said. Samples of dead fowl sent to a government laboratory in the central Indian city of Bhopal had tested posit... [News Source]

Bird-flu detected in 17 villages in Tripura (rediff.com) As many as 17 villages along the Tripura-Bangladesh border in Kamalpur division of north Tripura have been affected by avian influenza. Authorities have issued restrictions on the movement of poultry products through the villages. More than 3,000 chickens, ducks, crows and other wild birds had died in the area while several dogs and jackals, which had consumed the affected birds, were also found ... [News Source]

Suspected bird flu outbreak in northeastern Indian state (AFP via Yahoo! News) Authorities were bracing to contain a suspected bird flu outbreak in another Indian state bordering Bangladesh, a senior official said. [News Source]