Monday, May 22, 2006

Human to Human transmission of Bird Flu

Latest article in Forbes magazine is:
Indonesia cannot rule out human-to-human transmission of bird flu - official

Seven people are now dead in Sumatra, Indonesia of this new cluster. The virus has not yet mutated into a "superflu" but it is now more and more prevelant.

Bloomberg reports
Bird Flu Fatality Rate in Humans Climbs to 64% as Virus Spreads

It seems the bird flu is becoming more virulent.

In 2005 it was killing only 43% of the people infected. to give you an idea of the problem, the Spanish Flu of 1919 killed only 1.4% of people infected about 50-100 million people worldwide.



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