The avian or bird flu has been making news recently as increasing numbers of domestic and wild birds in Asia and later in Europe tested positive for the feared H5N1 influenza virus. In addition, several cases of human transmission of this virus were documented, with a very high mortality rate, raising fears that we are on the threshold of a major influenza pandemic that has the potential to kill millions of people around the world.

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