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Editor, Senior Moderator
We must continue to maintain high guard against influenza H5N1 aviara, especially now that we know that this organism has the ability to ' make up ' its own engine to become more dangerous infecting man by air. The virologa Ilaria Capua of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (Izs), which is part of the Ministry of health, comments, never use the dreaded word ' pandemic ', publication on the Science of the famous Dutch study on ' supervirus ' conducted at Erasmus Medical Center by Ron Fouchier.
Although the media spotlight they are off for a long time, ' avian virus is still present in countries such as Egypt, China and India, where ravaging poultry farms and sporadically infects man, but only by direct contact with infected animals ', explains the expert. 'This new study shows that the virus has the potential to ' make up ' its increasing engine displacement and becoming able to move efficiently from man to man '. The risk of a pandemic, to which Science devotes ample space with a special eight articles, should not therefore be unprepared. ' We need to continue to monitor the situation in the countries affected by the virus to see if the mutations identified by Fouchier: identify three or four in a single virus would be a serious alarm bells '.
The choice of the path of transparency after months of controversy over whether to censure the study, now allows ' to have shared information that will help you decide what to do in case of need ' adds Capua. The publication of the study was now inevitable and indeed the story of censorship was a paradox: If you fund studies then you can't block the results. Certainly the situation could have been handled better ', says the expert.
http://www.ansa.it/scienza/notizie/.../06/21/Capua-tenere-alta-guardia_7076321.html
Although the media spotlight they are off for a long time, ' avian virus is still present in countries such as Egypt, China and India, where ravaging poultry farms and sporadically infects man, but only by direct contact with infected animals ', explains the expert. 'This new study shows that the virus has the potential to ' make up ' its increasing engine displacement and becoming able to move efficiently from man to man '. The risk of a pandemic, to which Science devotes ample space with a special eight articles, should not therefore be unprepared. ' We need to continue to monitor the situation in the countries affected by the virus to see if the mutations identified by Fouchier: identify three or four in a single virus would be a serious alarm bells '.
The choice of the path of transparency after months of controversy over whether to censure the study, now allows ' to have shared information that will help you decide what to do in case of need ' adds Capua. The publication of the study was now inevitable and indeed the story of censorship was a paradox: If you fund studies then you can't block the results. Certainly the situation could have been handled better ', says the expert.
http://www.ansa.it/scienza/notizie/.../06/21/Capua-tenere-alta-guardia_7076321.html