Fox News was reporting this a.m.
that studies show the Bird Flu
virus is "unable to attach itself
onto cells in the nasal passages of
humans" (I paraphrase this part)
and DIRET CONTRACT with the dander
of an infected bird is necessary for
transmission of the disease. To date,
we have had NO cases of bird flu
in humans without that direct contact.
This was reported as GOOD NEWS this a.m.
Don't get too optimistic. All it takes is mutation to allow that to happen, and then there will be "real problems".
Babelfished from Russian:
WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: with "bird influenza" could fall ill more than 10 inhabitants of Azerbaijan
March 20, 2006
The appraisal group of the World Health Organization (WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) suspects, that still several inhabitants Of the sal'yanskeyeo region of Azerbaijan, which is located in 150 kilometers to the south of Baku, fell ill with "bird influenza", reported on Monday television channel ANS, referring to the representatives OF WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
This statement the representatives OF WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION gave after the visit Of the sal'yanskeyeo region, where suspects the presence of disease in 14 inhabitants of the settlements Of Daykend and Sarvan.
The representatives OF WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION stated that the suspicions to the diseases by virus H5N1 in some inhabitants of settlements arose in them after encounter with the families of the persons, supposedly infected with this illness.
The appraisal group OF WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, which consists of the epidemiologists and infektsionistov, they are located in The sal'yanskeye region for studying the sources of the disease of the inhabitants of these populated areas.
Previously it communicated about the presence of suspicions to the virus of "bird influenza" in three killed inhabitants Of the sal'yanskeyeo region.
Studies from the side of the specialists OF WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION confirmed primary diagnosis about the infection of three persons by "bird influenza".
For the first time the virus of "bird influenza" was fixed in Azerbaijan on 9 February. It was discovered in the models of the blood of the killed wild migratory birds on the coast of Caspian Region.
http://txt.newsru.com/world/20mar2006/voz.html