Four Mild Cases of Bird Flu Found in Britain

LONDON (May 25) - Four people have tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu , British authorities said Friday.

The cases - which are not the feared H5N1 strain, but the less dangerous H7N2 subtype - were reported after poultry died at a small farm in north Wales. Tests were performed on nine people associated with the farm, and the Health Protection Agency said in a news release that four people had tested positive for the H7N2 strain of the virus.

Three of the nine were hospitalized, but have since been discharged, the agency said.

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