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April 05, 2006

Chicken flu confirmed in Burkina Faso, Africa

Back in February I wrote about bird flu reaching Africa and on a more personal note about the death of our own rooster Ludwig. After that there was a very suspicious spate of chicken deaths in Gorom-Gorom. Now, over at Under the Acacias, I learn that bird flu H51N has been confirmed in Burkina Faso, the fifth African country to fall prey to it.

It is wholly expected but still extremely sad. We must now hope that the virus does not mutate into a form that could be transmitted from human to human.

Posted by sahelsteve at April 5, 2006 09:23 PM