In bed with bird flu: the Asian plague that never went away

The story begins with a romantic weekend trip to the Thai valley village of Pai. A month ago, this reporter took his normally resilient significant other there, only for her to be pole-axed by sickness.

She descended into a spiral of vomiting and was later clinically diagnosed with H5N1. That is, bird flu: the deadly virus that triggered a wave of fear several years back before fizzling out with a half-hearted squawk. Or did it? Read more at ninemsn…

http://travel.ninemsn.com.au/world/8113297/in-bed-with-bird-flu-the-asian-plague-that-never-went-away

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