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July 01, 2006

Ok I Admit I'm Bird Flu Phobic

 
UN sees "high" risk of more easily-spread bird flu--

".....Moreover, the widespread distribution of the H5N1 virus in poultry and the continued exposure of humans suggest that the risk of virus evolving into a more transmissible agent in humans remains high," it said.

While the avian virus, which has spread to some 50 countries, remains mostly a disease of birds, experts fear it could mutate into a more transmissible form and spark a pandemic killing millions of people.

The WHO study of human cases of H5N1 between December 2003 and April 2006 -- during which 203 people caught the disease, and 113 of them died -- concluded that children and young adults were most vulnerable to dying after exposure to the strain.

SPANISH FLU

It said the pattern of infections was "reminiscent" of that seen during the 1918-1919 Spanish flu pandemic which killed 40 million to 50 million people worldwide -- mainly young adults...." continued at Scotsman.com

Posted by: retired cap mike: 6:43 PM


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