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Bird flu strain in India, Bangladesh similar

Dhaka Finally Shares Genetic Data Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: The bird flu virus, that caused India's worst Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this year, has been found to be "a lot similar' to the one that created havoc in Bangladesh. This has been confirmed by Indian scientists after it studied the genetic make-up of Bangladesh's H5N1 virus strain.