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[Medviews] Birding: One report talked about the determination of the genetic makeup of the dreaded 1918 Spanish influenza virus. This especially virulent strain developed all the genetic mutations necessary to be presented to humans as a completely new virus and caused a over-exhuberant and self destructive immune response in its victims.
[Doc To Doc] Doses Of Tamiflu In Avian Flu: Any pandemic strain will be easier to catch but less virulent than H5N1, and trials of Tamiflu against seasonal flu have shown that in a small proportion of cases, resistance does develop. For adults, the rate of resistance is about 0.4 per cent, and for children under 12, about 4 per cent.
[Bird Flu News Digest] Bird Flu Blog: - Bird Flu Blog: - bird flu, Avian flu, H5N1, pandemic: Tamiflu is being stockpiled by countries in case of an avian flu pandemic in people. The drug previously was approved for preventing infection in adults and adolescents age 13 and older and for treating the flu in anyone 1 year old or older.
[Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: Here's the transcript: "At this hour, the World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.
[Neuropsychological.blogspot.com] BrainBlog: Pandemic-Flu (H5N1, Avian Influenza, "Bird Flu ...: OIE: Preparation of the Joint WHO/OIE/FAO Conference to Mobilise Resources for Control of Avian Influenza in Animals and for Prevention of Pandemic Influenza in Humans Geneva (Switzerland), 7-9 November 2005 BASIC OIE DOCUMENTATION: Link
[Riehlworldview.com] Riehl World View: H5N1: Has Human To Human Transfer Begun?: The Avian flu that caused the 1918 Flu epidemic only killed between 2 or 3% of the people it infected and it still effectively wiped out some 20,000,000 people around the globe in only nine months. So I would not take much solace in the fact H5N1 may be losing some of it's lethality as it gains in it's efficiency to spread between humans as this is the natural course of influenza viruses anyway.
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