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Chinese Government Suspects Human-to-Human Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu
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[quote:KoFFee_:MV8yMjA5NTI0XzM3NDEyNzA0XzlFM0Q4NEYx] [b]New strain of avian flu in China is deadlier to humans than birds, researchers report[/b] [i]Researchers in Japan and the US have analyzed the genes of a new strain of avian (bird) flu that's killed at least 17 people in China in recent weeks, and discovered that some of the new H7N9 viruses have mutated to be more effective and deadlier in humans than they are in birds. The findings "raise concerns regarding their [the virsues'] pandemic potential," according to the researchers, who published their findings in a paper in the journal Eurosurveillance last week.[/i] Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/18/4239784/new-strain-of-avian-flu-in-china-is-deadlier-to-humans-than-birds [/quote]
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H7N9 continues to spread through China
As the Chinese government openly begins to speculate about the possibility of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 bird flu strain, an international team of experts, including some from the World Health Organization, have been deployed to investigate the disease in the country.
If true, the development would quickly raise concerns of the disease outbreak leading to a pandemic. Flu experts have long warned once a particularly deadly strain of the flu, as H7N9 appears to be – it has killed 17 of the 87 people it has infected – becomes transmissible between humans, it can quickly spread.
The World Health Organization has said some of those who have contracted the virus have had "no history of contact with poultry," and the state-run China Daily newspaper says a boy in Shanghai may have caught the disease from his brother.
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