Friday, September 3, 2010

The risk of H5N1 virus outbreaks re-appear

[H5N1 in pigs in Indonesia previously reported on here ]

Saturday, 04/09/2010, 03:25 (GMT 7)
Experts in Thailand has given warning of H5N1 avian influenza virus may re-appear and the outbreak in that country. Experts said that with the appearance again, this strain can be more powerful, can be transmitted from dogs and cats, birds to humans.

Bangkok Post newspaper said that from September 7-2006 far, it does not have any cases of H5N1 in humans in some countries while still neighbors. This suggests that Thailand still can recur H5N1, especially gulls often migrate from Qinghai and Xinjiang (China) to Thailand.
Local authorities in China are still cases of influenza A/H5N1.

In Japan, scientists have discovered a type of H5N1 bird flu virus has changed in pigs in Indonesia and have the ability to spread from pigs to humans easily.
The research team at the Institute of Medicine of the University of Tokyo fears the virus can spread from pigs to humans can be infected on a large scale without being detected.

According to scientists, avian influenza does not normally infect people. However, because pigs susceptible to both avian and human flu so it is believed that this newly discovered virus was altered in an infected pig.

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