Posted on 10/02/2014 1:13:39 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Researchers have found a deadly strain of the avian influenza virus that has been sweeping through harbor seals may be able to spread to humans.
That's according to a study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications.
The study, led by investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, details how an avian H3N8 virus strain that had killed more than 160 seals along the New England coast back in 2011 boasted specific characteristics that allowed it to be easily spread through respiratory droplets and made it a potential threat for human infection.
(Excerpt) Read more at natureworldnews.com ...
I’m not too worried...
Most of us will probably die of Ebola long before we have contact with a seal, or anyone who had contact with anyone who had contact with a seal.
Don’t kiss a seal because you’ll catch something and besides that, they smell like fish.
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