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Avian flu was detected in Africa 2006 when cases were confirmed at poultry farms in Nigeria. The news sparked fears that the conditions in Africa -- poverty, porous borders and the lack of any regulation in the poultry markets -- could combine to produce an avian influenza pandemic. Instead a rapid response to the outbreak, the implementation of bio-security measures and more than a little luck has limited the spread of the disease. VOA's Brian Padden visited the region of Nigeria where the bird flu outbreak originally occurred.