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UK man is infected with bird flu

Birdflu - A man has been infected with a strain of birdflu
Birdflu - A man has been infected with a strain of birdflu

A poultry worker in the UK has been infected with a form of bird flu. 

The worker is suffering from conjunctivitis after contracting the H-7 strain of bird flu. 

The person was infected through close contact with birds at a farm in Norfolk, where an outbreak of the disease has occurred. 

The H7 strain has no connection with the deadly H5N1 strain, which has killed over 100 people, mainly in South Asia.