Roy Wadia
Roy Wadia
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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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It's not a surprise. It shows that China like other countries that have bird flu in poultry can have human cases.
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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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The latest outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry in China shows once again how entrenched this virus appears to be in the environment in this part of the world.
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We've seen that happening in other cases as well, so it's not surprising.
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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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They will go back in time and review all the steps that have been taken, see if anything has been excluded or if any information that has been collected and not recognized as important.
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They'll probably seek to meet the patients or their families.
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Doing tests of different sorts is something we would recommend ... in any outbreak situation, especially in one of this scale,
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It's still early days in terms of human cases being found in China. There isn't that much experience perhaps in dealing with possible human cases, and further support might be needed more now than perhaps later.
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It's certainly a situation where the viruses need to be shared and not only shared but shared in a timely and consistent manner.
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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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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.