Source: BBC News
It looks like the bird flu is still coming. However, Scientists may have discovered a reason why the H5N1 avian flu virus cannot jump easily from human to human yet.
I don't know about you, but this moment of discovery doesn't make me feel any better about this coming pandemic.
Scientists believe they may have discovered a reason why the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus cannot yet jump easily between humans.
Flu viruses which target man tend to attach to cells further up the airway--maximising their chances of being passed on by coughing or sneezing.
Researchers found the bird flu virus attached itself to cells deep down in the human airways.
The University of Wisconsin research is published in the journal Nature.
"This may at least in part explain why H5N1 is inefficient at transmitting person to person, although I doubt that it is the complete answer." --Dr Laurence Tiley
So this pandemic is still coming...it's just a bit behind schedule. I feel so much better now.
Tags: [avian flu], [bird flu], [slowing down the jump to humans in bird flu], [H5N1], [University of Wisconsin]
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