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Bird flu in Europe this winter

Posted by: Ian Brown, Posted on: 17 February 2017 - Categories: Viral diseases
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Flu comes and goes in many guises but little did we know that the detection of H5N8 avian flu in swans in Hungary in October was to be the forerunner of one of the largest epizootics of this disease ever recorded in Europe.

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Department of Epidemiological Sciences: Expertise with impact!

Posted by: Emma Snary, Posted on: 13 February 2017 - Categories: Epidemiology
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To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February), Emma Snary (Head of Dept of Epidemiological Sciences) talks about the science carried out to underpin policy in the area of animal and public health.

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