Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Danube Delta

BUCHAREST, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A bird flu outbreak was confirmed on Wednesday in a household based at Murighiol of Tulcea County, southeastern Romania.

According to the National Sanitary Veterinary Authority, the Romanian Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health has confirmed the bird flu outbreak, the H5N1 virus strain, after a laboratory testing of samples taken from dead poultry in a household at Murighiol.

The virus strain, after being isolated, will be dispatched to the EU Reference Laboratory for Avian Flu based in Weybridge, the United Kingdom, in order to be recorded in the European Union's virus bank.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/29/content_7164181.htm