MELBOURNE, May 6 (UPI) -- A new bird flu strain, H11N2, has been identified and confirmed by researchers in Australia. The strain is infecting Adélie penguins in Antarctica but has no obvious symptoms.
"We found that this virus was unlike anything else detected in the world," said Aeron Hurt, a senior flu researcher with the World Health Organization. Hurt and her colleagues are conducting research as part of WHO's Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne, Australia.