3/7/2006

Bird Flu vaccine on the way -Vaccination for bird flu

By Susan — [ ] Reported at 9:19 am, 03/07/2006.

It's reported by U.S. health officials on Monday that scientists must get into a different vaccine recipe to try to protect people from the upcoming and spreading bird flu.

Can bird flu virus affect humans?

It's evident from recent studies that bird flu virus whether it's in animals, or birds or humans is consistently modifying itself and that's the main reason making it breakout back again in no time.

It's said that the virus could continue to spread in its current forms, mostly sparing humans at the moment. It could mutate into a more harmless version as well, which isn't even dangerous to birds but my be affecting humans or any other species. Iit could also turn up to become a deadly human flu that spreads easily around the globe with the potential to kill millions - This is said by Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert.

CDC

WHO







Print This Article | E-Mail


1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Powered by Proweblog.com