A third of the world's population could become infected by bird flu

Mar 7 2006 2:20PM
Bird flu might affect one-third of world's population - expert
MOSCOW. March 7 (Interfax) - One-third of the world's population might become infected with bird flu in a short period of time, said Director of the Russian Academy of Science's Virology Research Institute Dmitry Lvov.
"Any pandemic [flu] virus appears as a result of crossing between a human virus and a bird virus. A highly pathogenic monster emerges and it can affect up to one-third of the world's population in a short period of time," he said. Read more at: http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11475359

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