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The danger of bird flu The bird flu was first recorded to have been passed on to humans in 1997 in Hong Kong 1. The virus
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William Long The danger of bird flu The bird flu was first recorded to have been passed on to humans in 1997 in Hong Kong 1. The virus is made up of eight RNA segments. Each codes for approximately ten proteins. They can change their reposition themselves when two viruses infect the same cell. This is true even if it is from different host species 2. The symptoms for the bird flu are a sore throat, a fever, respiratory distress and respiratory failure and pneumonia 3. Pneumonia is one of the things that cause sufferers of the bird flu to die. A Thai man who was suspected to have the bird flu died of pneumonia. He was a poultry butcher and was one of six that were tested for the flu 4. Why should we be so concerned about 6 people dying? It is not that they died but that they got the bird...
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