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Original posted by wmartin at 1/04/2010 10:42 
If it proves to be H5N1, will be intriguing to figure how the swallow caught it. Best notion I have is that it was from drinking water that contains the virus, maybe at or near a poultry farm - and maybe somewhere to south on migration route, but not too far away.
The Barn Swallow was confirmed carring H5N1, and I also interest how the barn swallow caught the virus?
And information from WHO : "The highly pathogenic form (bird flu) is far more dramatic. It spreads very rapidly through poultry flocks, causes disease affecting multiple internal organs, and has a mortality that can approach 100%, often within 48 hours."
