A fresh, eighth, outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in the north of the country, where the deadly virus was discovered earlier this month, the chief sanitary official said on Saturday.
Ewa Lech said the virus was confirmed at poultry farms in the village of Sadlowo Parcele, where 190,000 egg-laying hens are found.
The first avian flu case was reported at three turkey farms in central Poland in early December.
Lech earlier said the country could suffer significant economic losses from an outbreak of avian influenza. Poland is one of Europe's largest producers of poultry and poultry products. It supplied 230,000 metric tons of poultry and poultry products to European markets in 2006.
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Human to human (H2H) and contact transmission of influenza occur - but are overvalued immense. In Influenza epidemics recognized clusters are rarely. In temperate climates the strong interdependence between influenza infections and environmental temperatures can’t be explained with the primary biotic transmission from H2H with 37.5°C. There must be an abiotic vehicle like cold drinking water. In hot climates the flood-related influenza is typical after extreme weather and natural after floods. Virulence of Influenza viruses depends on temperature and time. If young H5N1 contaminated water from low wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply water temperature for infection may be higher as in temperate climates.
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