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H5N8 bird flu human spread risk low: WHO – Shepparton News
The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organisation says.A separate bird flu strain, H1N1, that spread rapidly worldwide among humans led the WHO to declare an influenza pandemic in 2009-2010.
The outbreak turned out to be mild among humans although deadly among poultry.
Russia registered the first case of a strain of bird flu virus named influenza A(H5N8) being…
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