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Headline Turkey bird flu virus is H5N1 strain - official
Released 10:50 22-Jan-08
Number 105019.22012008
ANKARA (Thomson Financial) - The bird flu virus found in a village in northern Turkey is of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain that is potentially deadly to humans, an agriculture ministry spokesman confirmed.
Asked by AFP whether the virus detected among poultry in the village of Saz in Zonguldak province on the southern coast of the Black Sea was H5N1, spokesman Tunc Tuncel said: 'Yes, That is correct.'
'But we believe that it has not spread to any humans,' he said, adding preventive measures are already in place.
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