Bird flu virus

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avian influenza, influenzavirus A

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  • Web Extra: Photos, Maps Q & A: Defining Pandemic Flu April 6, 2006 The H5N1 bird flu virus is the main for triggering a human influenza pandemic.
  • Far more human and animal exposure to the virus will occur if strict containment does not isolate all known and unknown locations where the bird flu virus is currently present, he added.
  • Although the bird flu virus is extremely deadly to humans, it's likely that it would become less virulent if it adapted for human-to-human spread.
  • According to a significant study published in the prestigious British journal Nature recently, the H5N1 bird flu virus is at least two large mutations and two small mutations away from being the next human pandemic virus.
  • CONTACT US Email the News Staff Contact Other Staff 111e News Front Page > Health Bird Flu Virus Has Mutated in Turkey Brian Handwerkfor National Geographic News January 13, 2006 Geneticists monitoring Turkey's bird flu outbreak say the virus has mutated, but the change poses no added threat.
  • Scientists are concerned that the bird flu virus may combine with a human flu virus and mutate, which may make transmission between humans possible.
  • The childs symptoms first appeared April 23, and the presence of the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus has been confirmed now by the U.

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