2006 H5N1 outbreak in India

When

2006

Kind

Epidemic

Coordinates

22.80° N, 83.00° E

Cause

influenza A virus subtype H5N1

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

An outbreak of the H5N1 virus in India in 2006 negatively affected the people living in the area, as the poultry industry was their main source of income at the time. Soon after many birds were reported dead in the village of Navapur, in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the government intervened, first confirming the presence of the bird flu and then destroying numerous birds to control the spread of the viru…

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