UK's bird tests may be missing flu virus.

Australasian Business Intelligence, April, 2006

Byline: Debora Mackenzie

Apr 18, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The "New Scientist" magazine has suggested there are flaws in Great Britain's H5N1 avian influenza virus testing methods. The Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs' (DEFRA) methods have come under suspicion after recent tests on duck and geese revealed unusually low levels of ordinary avian. Flu experts from the US and Sweden agree that DEFRA's methods, which used dry swabs kept at refrigerator temperature, ...