Avian Flu

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Cards (8)

  • H 5 N 1
  • Outbreak began in mainland Asia
  • Travels into farmed birds, mutated to other birds, humans eat the birds and become infected
  • Can only spread bird to human. Not human to human
  • Infected birds live 48 hours
  • Found in human in China, south east Asia, Egypt and Turkey.
    Could spread to Europe
    No cases in USA
  • Wind patterns stop migration into USA from Asia
  • “Free range” birds in UK in cages to prevent spread