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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:03 AM Apr 2013

Top US virologist: Prepare now for deadly bird flu mutation

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/28/top-us-virologist-prepare-for-human-to-human-transmission-of-h7n9-bird-flu/




AFP – There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.

Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said officials in China had studied more than 1,000 close contacts of confirmed cases and not found any evidence of human-to-human transmission.

“That is powerful evidence because if you had a thousand contacts with someone with the flu you would be pretty sure some of them would have been infected,” Fauci said in an interview with AFP.

Nevertheless, Fauci cautioned that authorities needed to be ready for the possibility of the virus mutating and spreading between humans.
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Top US virologist: Prepare now for deadly bird flu mutation (Original Post) xchrom Apr 2013 OP
Again? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #1
Prepare How? Be Ready how? MineralMan Apr 2013 #2

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
2. Prepare How? Be Ready how?
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 12:59 PM
Apr 2013

If it occurs, they'll have to do something. I'm sure they're already aware of the possibility. What more would they do but watch and try to work out a vaccine for this flu?

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