Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Russia
We are talking about the virus H5N8, which was previously observed only in birds, warns Rospotrebnadzor. At the same time, as the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova reported today [Tue 31 Oct 2017], Russian scientists confirmed the possibility of asymptomatic human infection with the avian influenza H5N8 virus, which was previously observed only in birds. This confirms that the virus has crossed an interspecies barrier and acquired new properties that may be potentially unsafe for humans,
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