One of our major concerns is now the potential spread of avian influenza through migratory birds to northern and eastern Africa, ... There is serious risk that this scenario may become a reality.

Wild birds seem to be one of the main avian influenza carriers, but more research is urgently needed to fully understand their role in spreading the virus,

Birds play a role in the primary infection of the country, but then after that there's no need for wildlife. It will spread very easily from one village to another through trade,

This is a very worrying situation, and the risk from wild birds is a very difficult questions,

It remains unclear if the outbreak has been triggered by migratory birds or by the trade and movement of poultry or poultry products.

The need to keep domestic birds away from wild birds has been widely recognized and efforts to do so have been implemented in many countries.