Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 - The come back

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Latest news 2013: China's health ministry has confirmed H5N1 avian influenza infections in two residents of Guizhou province. Health officials have highlighted that the victims are in critical condition yet they have no epidemiologic links. Further medical reports have suggested that the victims had no history of exposure to poultry. As a matter of fact, scientists have extended their research in order to scrutinize, evaluate and understand how the new strains of the H5N1 have spread. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has approved of the two cases as being the H5N1 strain while showing China's H5N1 infection accounts to a total of 45, of which 28 were fatal. It is crucial to note that the H5N1 strain is easily transmissible to humans through direct contact with infected poultry. More importantly, scientific researchers have underlined that H5N1 virus has the capacity to mutate and spread rapidly between humans...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9786130150532
• ISBN: 978-613-0-15053-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine