New Delhi: Australia, on Wednesday, reported its first human case of bird flu, also known as avian influenza. A child contracted the infection and authorities said that the patient had been infected in India but made a ull recovery. However, a different and highly contagious strain was discovered on an egg farm. The H5N1 strain of the flu has, in the recent years, killed billions of wild birds, farmers and spread to mammal species as well. This........

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