H5N1/H1N1 VIRUS CO-INFECTION

"It now appears that the co-infection is believed to be between 2 low virulence viruses (pandemic H1N1 & H3N2) and *not* between a highly virulent, poorly transmissible, virus (pandemic H5N1) and a highly transmissible strain of low virulence (H1N1)..."

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Evolution of Bird Flu

Bird Flu also known as Avian flu, Avian influenza, H5N1 is the 21st century epidemic. Since the first H5N1 outbreak occurred in 1997, there has been an increasing number of HPAI H5N1 bird-to-human transmissions leading to clinically severe and fatal human infections. Bird flu can make people very sick or even cause death.

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Changes in H5N1 Bird Flu

This is brief look at recent apparent changes in the infection pattern and mortality rate for the H5N1 flu virus; changes that may indicate that the virus is becoming more transmissible to humans. This would make it more of a threat to become a pandemic strain.

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Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Discovered in China

Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Discovered in China - China's National Disease Authority has confirmed that a man whose 24-year-old son died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu is also infected with the disease, raising concerns about human transmission of the virus.

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