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Avian Influenza (AI) or "Bird Flu" is a highly contagious viral infection which can affect all species of birds and can manifest itself in different ways depending mainly on the ability of the virus involved to cause disease (pathogenicity) and on the species affected.
The two types of pathogenicity result in very different forms of disease, and should not be confused. The H5N1 strain of the virus currently causing concern in European Member States is a highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.
Disease notification of all cases of low and high pathogenic avian influenza must be reported by the Member States to the European Commission and to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
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