New Strain Of Bird Flu Virus Reported In Nigeria (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - A new strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus, hitherto unreported in sub-Saharan Africa and similar to the ones identified last year in Italy, Afghanistan and Iran, has been identified in Nigeria, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Tuesday. [News Source]

New Strain Of Bird Flu Virus Reported In Nigeria (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - A new strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus, hitherto unreported in sub-Saharan Africa and similar to the ones identified last year in Italy, Afghanistan and Iran, has been identified in Nigeria, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said Tuesday. [News Source]

New strain of bird flu virus reported in Africa (Hindustan Times) A new strain of avian flu virus, hitherto unreported in Africa and similar to the ones identified last year in Italy, Afghanistan and Iran has been identified in the continent for the first time in Nigeria. [News Source]

New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria – FAO Calls For Increased Surveillance (Medical News Today) A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for the first time, FAO said recently. Nigeria has recently reported two new Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in the states of Katsina and Kano. [News Source]

New bird flu strain found (Windsor Star) WASHINGTON - A new strain of bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Monday. [News Source]

Nigeria: New Bird Flu Strain Detected, Says UN Agriculture Agency (AllAfrica.com) A new strain of avian flu never before reported in Africa has been identified in Nigeria, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today. [News Source]

New bird flu strain found (TVNZ) A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation reported. [News Source]