08-07-2006, 09:18 PM
[cool][#0000ff]My understanding is that you cannot contract the disease directly from handling the birds. It takes a host (mosquito) to transfer the organism.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]At any rate, the numbers of birds in an area proportionately increases the incidence of the virus and transmitting of the disease.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]At any rate, the numbers of birds in an area proportionately increases the incidence of the virus and transmitting of the disease.[/#0000ff]
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