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Bird Flu?s Return in China Seen Sped by New Year Chicken
By Bloomberg News - Oct 17, 2013 3:50 PM ET
The avian flu strain that killed 45 people in Asia last spring is poised to return as poultry flocks swell before Chinese New Year, amplifying the virus that hides undetected in birds...
...?If an H7N9 outbreak starts again now it could spread much further in China and infect a large amount of people unless intensive measures are taken to control the outbreak in birds,? said Ben Cowling, an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong?s school of public health, in an interview.
The more people who get infected with H7N9, the greater the chances of the virus mutating into a form that spreads more easily among people, Cowling said...
Bird Flu?s Return in China Seen Sped by New Year Chicken
By Bloomberg News - Oct 17, 2013 3:50 PM ET
The avian flu strain that killed 45 people in Asia last spring is poised to return as poultry flocks swell before Chinese New Year, amplifying the virus that hides undetected in birds...
...?If an H7N9 outbreak starts again now it could spread much further in China and infect a large amount of people unless intensive measures are taken to control the outbreak in birds,? said Ben Cowling, an associate professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong?s school of public health, in an interview.
The more people who get infected with H7N9, the greater the chances of the virus mutating into a form that spreads more easily among people, Cowling said...