Roy Wadia
Roy Wadia
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It just shows you that anything can happen at any time. It's a very unpredictable situation, whether on the human side or the animal side.
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It means that there is a question mark that hangs over the progress of the virus in China. It's perhaps more significant to get animal viruses, because this virus is still something that is primarily in the animal sector.
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Although this is only a guess, there have been some examples in which human cases of bird flu were reported first and then the animal epidemic.
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As more outbreaks occur among poultry and animals around the world, and as more human cases occur, the virus has more chances to transmit more effectively from animals to humans, or possibly among humans as well.
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If the animals in the area were sick and dying, and if they were dying in small numbers, it might have been very difficult to identify that as an outbreak.
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The important thing is how the authorities handle the outbreak, how swiftly it is addressed and how quickly birds are culled. China in that practice has plenty of experience, so we are confident from the animal point of view the outbreaks are tackled as quickly as they can be.
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It would not be surprising if the investigation can confirm that the boy is H5N1-positive.
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The virus is of course entrenched in the environment, not only in China but in many other countries.
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That was something that made China very upset indeed.
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Migratory birds are a pretty common reservoir of avian flu, although it would be hard to confirm the link,
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It is entirely possible that more human cases will crop up now and then across China as outbreaks in poultry continue and as bird flu continues to be endemic in the environment.
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To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China. We haven't confirmed (the two deaths) in the sense that this is information given to us by China. It's not that we went out there and found out ourselves.
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To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China.
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Both were in critical condition, so it is not surprising that they have passed away.