Avian flu

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• (1) Lethal? At this writing, the avian flu is said to have killed about 65 people in Southeast Asia during the past two years! Little to no data is available on these individuals who most commonly had immune-compromising medical conditions.
• Study: Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Rare March 23, 2006 A new study finds that the much-feared avian flu is rarely -- if ever -- transmitted from human to human.
• Preventing a global pandemic of avian flu is feasible if measures taken in time, says new research See also.
• During this outbreak investigation, it has not been determined that avian flu is spread from person to person.
• Avian flu is an influenza virus that affects mostly birds and sometimes pigs.

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