Add Azerbaijan to the list of countries that are now fighting the spread of avian flu. Infected birds have now been found along its Caspian Sea coast. Meanwhile, another bird flu victim in Indonesia died and there are new reports that Nigerian health officials have done little to stem the spread of the virus since it was discovered in the West African nation. Virologists have been closely following the spread of the virus as it travels swiftly around the globe on the wings of migratory birds. They're afraid that it will eventually infect someone who has a human version of the flu and cause it to mutate into a disease that can pass from human to human. Sub-Saharan Africa has a poor healthcare system and few veterinarians needed to handle a response to bird flu.

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