H5N1 Reading and note taking
- Created by: julie tait
- Created on: 11-10-15 16:14
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- Bird flu - H5N1
- research
- hope to learn which viruses can cause pandemics
- five genetic changes identified
- 3,000 bird viruses and 400 that occur in humans studied
- findings = two key changes needed to become airborne found
- found it is possible for a virus to develop three further changes required during epidemic.
- clear that emergence of an airborne mutation of H5N1 is unlikely.
- better understanding of how flu viruses are transmitted it needed to develop a clearer understanding of the likelihood of bird flu becoming airborne
- Publication
- US Agency worried that terrorists could use information to create a bioweapon
- the research coukd help researchers develop vaccines and anti-viral drugs quicker
- science shoukd be freely available so the science community can work on research
- Deaths
- Birds = tens of millions
- hundreds of millions slaughtered to prevent spreading
- humans = 332 since 2003
- Birds = tens of millions
- can only be transmitted to humans through close contact with infected birds
- research
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