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WHO Confirms First Case of Human-to-Human Transmission of Avian Flu

Filed in archive Other Biotechnology News on June 23, 2006

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World Health Organization confirms the first case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu, involving an Indonesian boy passing on the virus to his father. WHO also notes that the virus had slightly mutated, although not in a way that would make it more transmissible or cause more severe symptoms. Nevertheless, this news will further fuel fears of the emergence of an avian flu epidemic.

Read the full story from Forbes.

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