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July 27 2005, 15:03 ITAR-TASS

Russia: bird flue virus found in Novosibirsk turned out harmful for human

The bird flue virus found in Novosibirsk Oblast turned out to be harmful for people. The suspicion of experts proved out to be true after laboratory analyses, which showed that virus A H5 was dangerous for human health.

But still there are no signs of epidemic in the area. The first case of A H5 bird flue in Novosibirsk Oblast was fixed a week ago, on July 20. on July 25 Novosibirsk scientists announced the virus not to be dangerous for humans.

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