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[quickstep] Genetic Evidence of Human Transmission of H5N1... : Genetic sequencing of a virus sample taken from a 10-year-old boy who died from the H5N1 avian influenza strain showed a minute change that was also found in a virus sample taken from his father who later died from the virus, said Dick Thompson, a spokesman for the United Nations health agency in Geneva.

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[My RPI Life] H5N1 mutated in Indonesia, stayed in cluster:... : GENEVA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - The H5N1 bird flu virus mutated somewhat among Indonesians in the largest known human cluster, but did not evolve into a more transmissible form, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

[Superstrain.blogspot.com] SUPERSTRAIN BLOGSOURCE: BIODEFENSE / BIOTERROR / OUTBREAKS ...: An additional presentation on H5N1 in Qinghai Lake showed that the Qinghai strain was isolated from outbreaks to the north in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning provinces and well as recent H5N1 outbreaks in southern Qinghai province and northern Tibet. It seems likely that the recent Xinjiang outbreak is also linked to the Qinghai strain as more birds migrate to southern Russia where the Qinghai strain is widespread."

[Healthnewsblog.com] Health News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu H5N1: "It is very important to keep in mind that avian influenza is currently a problem almost exclusively in BIRD populations and in limited areas of the world," Smith said in the webchat, hosted by the U.S. Department of State. "Remember that despite millions of exposures, only 126 human cases have been documented to date and there is currently no evidence of person-to-person transmission of this virus."

[Christopherray.co.uk] Call me Chris » Bird Flu: Of course no variant strain may emerge from the pigs in Sumatra, howwever the fact that there is a cluster of human fatalities from H5N1 bird flu nearby, raises its own concerns. The World Health Organisation cannot, at this time, rule out the possibility that these victims caught the disease from each other ie the H5N1 virus was transmitted from human to human.

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