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Timeline
1997 March: Chickens start dying on a farm near Hong Kong May: Three-year-old Hong Kong boy dies. He is found to have the H5N1 bird flu virus November and December: Two young adults die in Hong Kong. 1.6m chickens are culled 2002 Summer: Hong Kong researchers are shocked to discover more than 500 different strains of flu virus. December: Ducks, geese and flamingoes begin to die in parks 2003 December: South Korea has first outbreak of bird flu 2004 January: Vietnam and Japan have H5N1 February: Poultry in China and Indonesia have the virus August: Bird flu in Malaysia September: Young woman dies in Thailand in the first recorded case of human-to-human transmission. Her daughter had died a week earlier from the virus. This was not a case of the virus mutating. The mother is thought to have contracted it by cradling her during the night of her death. October: Bengal tigers at Thailands Sriracha zoo die after being fed raw chicken 2005 February: Cambodia reports first human case, which is fatal July: Indonesia reports first human case. Russian poultry die from the virus August: Bird flu hits Kazakhstan October: The virus is confirmed in Turkey. Fishermen in Romania find dead ducks. Bird flu is found on a turkey farm in Greece, and then Croatia and Germany 2006 January: The virus has infected 15 Turks two children die.
TARGET AREA A patient receiving NLite procedure, available in the UK, which treats wrinkles, vascular lesions and acne
28.81% to 9.5p. The Food and Drug Administration has approved for sale its Chromolite hair treatment system, which is already being marketed to potential customers. The United States is the worlds biggest market for these products.
Managing director Les Russell said, This is a good day for us. The company has 34 staff and floated on the Alternative Investment Market on June 20. A second system, the NLite, is already available in the United Kingdom. It is used to treat acne;
the condition is the focus of a $5bn market. The NLite also treats wrinkles and vascular lesions. A further product, the Qlite, is a tattoo removal device. The companys chief executive is Peter McGuinness, the founder of the Skin Health Spa company, which has clinics in London, Manchester and Birmingham.
SAFETY MEASURE A worker collects chickens for vaccination in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia
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