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Volume 11, Number 5, May 2005

Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus in Smuggled Thai Eagles, Belgium

Steven Van Borm,* Isabelle Thomas,† Germaine Hanquet,† Bénédicte Lambrecht,* Marc Boschmans,* Gérald Dupont,† Mireille Decaestecker,* René Snacken,† and Thierry van den Berg*
*Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium; and †Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

 
 
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Figure 1. Crested Hawk-Eagles confiscated at Brussels International Airport in the hand luggage of a Thai passenger. The birds were wrapped in a cotton cloth, with the heads free, and each of them inserted in a wicker tube ≈60 cm in length, with 1 end open. Pictures courtesy of Paul Meuleneire, custom investigations officer, antidrug group.

 

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