New H7N9 Bird Flu Strain in China Has Pandemic Potential New H7N9 Bird Flu Strain in China Has Pandemic Potential

Lab experiments on a new strain of the H7N9 bird flu circulating in China suggest the virus can transmit easily among animals and can cause lethal disease, raising alarms that the virus has the potential for triggering a global human pandemic, researchers reported online October 19 in Cell Host& Microbe.Reuters Health Information
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