Modifies a noun

• influenza: The last outbreak of avian influenza in Britain occurred in 1991 in Norfolk.

• flu: Avian flu - the ecology of an epidemic Bird flu has been raging through Asia for more than a decade.

• h5n1: The circulating avian influenza virus H5N1 that is of current concern arose in Southeast Asia.

• pandemic: This avian pandemic menaces not only our poultry farmers, but potentially ourselves.

• pneumovirus: Established in 1999, the APC aims to isolate, characterize, and archive the avian pneumovirus ( APV ) strains from the USA.

• virus: In the past avian flu virus has mutated to create a new flu virus which can pass from human to human.

Modifying Another Word

• not: HBx is conserved in all mammalian ( but not avian ) hepadnaviruses.

• now: There is every reason to believe that SARS and now avian flu will be followed by other public health challenges.

• recently: Until relatively recently avian flu was thought only to infect birds.

Noun used with modifier

• background: Background Avian influenza is a highly infectious disease affecting many species of birds, including commercial, wild and pet birds.