Virus News - March 2004

Human case of avian virus confirmed in person working with a worker contracted the avian flu virus after having contact with dead chickens on a Fraser Valley poultry farm, health officials confirmed - BC,  VANCOUVER, Canada.

Warm weather is welcome after another severe winter, the state is preparing for an unwelcome spring arrival: Mosquitoes that may be carrying the West Nile virus - Tarentum Valley, PA, USA.

Dozens of patients at the Conway Lakes Nursing Home on Curry Ford Road have come down with a Norwalk-like virus - Orlando, FL, USA.

Melting snow and warmer temperatures are hatching some early mosquitoes this week. These bugs though, are not the carriers of the West Nile Virus, right now - Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

An environmental control company will use a fogging procedure today to distribute a chemical designed to kill a suspected virus that is sickening children - Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed at Japanese chicken processor.  The bird flu virus detected at a chicken processor in central Japan's Hyogo Prefecture was confirmed to be of the H5N1 strain - TOKYO, Japan.

Schalke are hoping to qualify for European football so they'll be keeping their fingers crossed that three key players will have gotten over a flu virus - Schalke, UK

The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to manage coalbed methane development in the Powder River Basin are seeking to add concerns about the West Nile virus - Montana, USA