Analysis of trends of avian influenza

More Bird Flu Deaths Due To Human Transmission Experts Reconsider Cases But Say Virus Not Yet Pandemic

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5

In the wake of a cluster of avian flu cases that killed seven members of a rural Indonesian family, it appears likely that there have been many more human-to-human infections than the authorities have previously acknowledged, Monday’s online edition of the San Francisco Chronicle informed. The numbers are still relatively small, and they do not mean that the virus has mutated to pass easily between people -- a change that could touch off a worldwide epidemic. All the clusters of cases have been among relatives or in nurses who were in long, close contact with patients. © Mediafax 2004. Toate drepturile rezervate.