Father of Bird Flu Victim is Also Infected
Earlier this week Staph-Infection.Org reported that a Chinese man had died of bird flu. It has now been discovered that the man’s father is also sick with bird flu. He came down with a fever, that was later reported to be the notorious H5N1 strain of bird flu.
This brings China’s total to 27 human infections. The, higher then average number, is in-part credited to China’s very high bird population. So far the only way to be infected is by close contact with infected poultry. It is feared that the bird flu may changed into a version that can be easily transfered from human to human. It’s predicted that if this happen it could spark a global flu pandemic.
Early reports say, that neither man had known contact with infected poultry. Obviously, this only elevates the investigation into how the pair became infected. As usual it’s not time to panic. Most likely both were infected by birds.
As more information is made available, I’ll get it up.
Tags: Bird flu, China, H5N1