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[Cloudy Thinking by Ron K. Jeffries] WSJ Avian Flu News Tracker: Bird flu may be more likely to mutate into a form transmissible from human to human if it infects people with AIDS, who have compromised immune systems, the BBC quoted Robert Webster, a doctor speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations conference, as saying. H5N1 has not yet reached East Africa, where HIV and AIDS are rampant, the BBC article noted, but it is the final destination for many birds currently migrating from infected areas.

[The Lonely Canadian] Avian Flu: According to many health officials throughout the world, there is a very high probability that the flu we really have to be concerned about is the H5N1 strain of avian Influenza that was first reported in Hong Kong in 1997. Known as the “Bird Flu”, it has been detected in birds throughout the world.

[The Lonely Canadian] Avian Flu: Scientists are concerned, however, the H5N1 strain could mutate into a slightly different form that would allow... really have to be concerned about is the H5N1 strain of avian Influenza that was first reported in Hong

 [H5n1flu.blogspot.com] H5N1 Avian Flu: Furthermore because Meningitis has symptoms that are less obvious than the respiratory symptoms that we associate with flu, others nearby are less likely to avoid contact with infected persons, and people who are infected are less likely to make changes in their behavior that would reduce their contact with others, like calling in sick from work. Thus a meningitis form of flu would be likely to spread more easily than a rispiratory form.

[Bird-flu-updates.com] Bird Flu Updates: he USA has strong barriers against H5N1. The migratory routes of wild birds largely run north-south and provide little chance that an infected bird from Asia or Eastern Europe would infect a North American bird that would, in turn, infect U.S. poultry.

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