There is very little science in this area. However, we know that people who have spent a great deal of time around infected chickens, for example, only rarely get infected themselves. If it is an extremely rare event to get infected from a flock of infected chickens, it is likely that infections from cats is even rarer still. But again, there is little real evidence to guide us.
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I think it's significant because it draws our attention to the fact that this is a very, very difficult disease to get for humans.Dick Thompson
We can confirm that the 15-year-old girl was infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus as a result of the London testing.
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What would emerge would be a disease as deadly as avian influenza, which currently has a case fatality rate of over 50, but that moves as easily as seasonal influenza does from person to person.
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We have totally discounted the possibility of an avian influenza infection. But we can't take away the possibility of an appearance in Iraq, as many cases have been reported in Turkey.
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It is always worrying to have a new case in a new country because it raises concerns among the public. But we have to understand that so far this is just one case.
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There's an urgent need to sample and tag and track as many of these species as feasible, especially considering the narrow time frame that we've got available to do it. We need more information on the migratory routes regarding these birds.
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