Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Deadly flu is two mutations away from spreading among humans

quote[New research of the H5N1 flu virus shows it is just two mutations away from being highly contagious and deadly to humans.

The research, done by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gives new insight on the threat of bird flu, which has spread among poultry in Britain and killed a woman in Africa. The flu has already rooted in Asia and spread among birds there on a seasonal basis.]


I think this is a bit hyped because it is two SPECIFIC mutations that need to occur. Anybody else know more about this?

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