Dutch bird flu came to brink of human catastrophe

THE outbreak of avian influenza in Holland last year came to the brink of being a tragic human catastrophe of huge proportions, revealed David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004 - 01:00

Stephen Cadogan

He was addressing the Conference on Infectious Disease in the Netherlands.

Human-to-human transmission of the bird disease virus resulted in 80 human cases of avian influenza, one of which was fatal.

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Place: HOLLAND Place: Netherlands Place: Asia Place: Europe Place: Brussels Person: David Byrne Person: health and consumer protection Person: Byrne Event: Conference on Infectious Disease Event: Sars Organisation: European Commission Organisation: EU

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