Clues to Pandemic Bird Flu Found

Society | November 17, 2006, Friday // 00:00

International scientists believe they have identified some of the key steps needed for bird flu to develop into the deadly pandemic strain of the disease.

The team pinpoints two genetic mutations that would need to occur to the H5N1 virus for it to potentially spread readily between humans.

Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists said the findings would help them to detect pandemic strains, BBC reported.

At present, H5N1 can pass only from bird-to-bird or, rarely, bird-to-human.

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