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Bird flu detected in Houston-area wastewater (www.click2houston.com)
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[–] Rx_Hawk@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Is it named that because Chinese researchers identified it?

Edit: Yep it appears that it was first identified in China.

The first H5N1 outbreak in poultry occurred in China in 1996 but the first human case was detected in Hong Kong in 1997

And before people wanna say we just blame China for everything because they’re our only real contender for superpower status, this is back when a lot of people were still optimistic of China joining the west.

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

Yep:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Guangdong_virus

The Goose Guangdong virus refers to the strain A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (Gs/Gd)-like H5N1 HPAI viruses. It is a strain of the Influenzavirus A subtype H5N1 virus that was first detected in a goose in Guangdong in 1996.