2005年10月20日
ENS比利時,布魯塞爾報導;謝芳怡編譯;蔡麗伶審校
羅馬尼亞的實驗室在16日針對鴨子進行H5N1禽流感樣本檢測,結果證實了此種致命的病毒已開始入侵歐洲大陸。歐洲官員在經過一段時間的等待後,實驗室檢驗結果亦證實,此病毒和2003年在亞洲導致63人喪生、1億5千萬隻鳥類死亡的病毒,為同一類型。
EU on High Alert: Dangerous Bird Flu Found in Romanian Ducks
Laboratory tests detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu in samples from Romanian ducks on Saturday, confirming that the deadly virus has arrived in a mainland European country for the first time. European officials have been waiting for the lab tests to show whether the virus is the same strain that which has killed 63 people and caused the death of 150 million birds in Asia since 2003.