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[feminist blogs] Bird Flu Month - Scientists Believe That Bird Flu Will Mutate To A Pathogen Transmitted From Human To Human: Although few deaths have been reported so far, it is very likely that the numbers will increase." The symptoms of avian influenza in humans includes "typical influenza-like symptoms (e.g., fever, cough, sore throat, and muscle aches) to eye infections (conjunctivitis), pneumonia, acute respiratory distress, viral pneumonia, and other severe and life-threatening complications." Influenza drugs such as amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir, and zanamivir have worked, but influenza strains may become resistant to drug treatment so these drugs may not always be effective.

 [Living the Scientific Life (or Scientist, Interrupted)] Influenza: How Its Biology Affects Vaccine Production: Due to its lethality and potential to trigger pandemics, Influenza type A viruses are carefully subtyped based upon which HA and NA proteins they carry on their surface. For example, an “H2N3” virus designates an Influenza type A virus with the HA 2 and NA 3 surface protein subtypes, and the current version of the “bird flu” is an H5N1 virus that has HA 5 and NA 1 surface proteins.

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