Avian Influenza H7N9 — Worldwide/Unknown
Scientists have completed the 1st assessments of how readily the H7N9 flu virus in China can pass among ferrets and pigs. The mammals provide the best inkling of how dangerous these bugs may become for humans.
The news is both bad and good. They’ve found the new bird virus is easily passed between ferrets sharing the same cage. “This is a more infectious virus — it has a higher intrinsic transmissibility [among mammals] — than most of the avian viruses we’ve seen in the past,” Dr. Richard
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