Bird flu virus survives for days in droppings: WHO

Don't know if this has been posted before, so I apologize if that is the case...

Thought this would be important to get out there...

Bird flu virus survives for days in droppings: WHO

The H5N1 avian influenza virus can survive for more than a month in bird droppings in cold weather and for nearly a week even in hot summer temperatures, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

When people become infected with bird flu, they get a high fever and pneumonia very quickly, according to an updated factsheet from the WHO, posted on the Internet at www.who.int...

The new factsheet incorporates the most recent findings on the avian flu virus, which WHO says is causing by far the worst outbreak among both birds and people ever recorded.

[edit on 4-2-2006 by loam]