Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants - health experts

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Rise in human bird flu cases in China shows risk of fast-changing variants: health experts

By Dominique Patton

Though the numbers are much lower than the hundreds infected with H7N9 in 2017, the infections are serious, leaving many critically ill, and at least six dead. It said further investigation was "urgently" required to understand the risk and the increase in spill over to people. China is the world's biggest poultry producer and top producer of ducks, which act as a reservoir for flu viruses.

At least 10 were caused by viruses genetically very similar to the H5N8 virus that ravaged poultry farms across Europe last winter and also killed wild birds in China. That suggests the latest H5N6 infections in China may be a new variant.

 

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