Bird Flu
- Created by: Kodi Howell
- Created on: 13-10-15 16:23
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- Bird Flu
- Deaths Caused
- Spread Through close contact with affected birds
- 332 people died since 2003
- Tens Of millions of birds have died
- Hundred of millions have been slaughtered to stop it spreading
- Mutation
- Its been identified five genetic changes which could allow the virud to start a deadly pandemic
- Concerned that it could mutate into a form that could be spread through coughs and sneezes
- Bioweapon
- First time its been shown that it is possible for bird flu to become airborne
- Research team was unable to determine precisely how likely this was to happen
- Clear though that the emergence of an airborne muratation of N5H1 is unlikely
- Were it not it would have emerged already.
- The NSABB believed the information could be used by terrirists to create a bioweapon
- First time its been shown that it is possible for bird flu to become airborne
- Deaths Caused
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