We've never seen so many outbreaks of the same virus in so many different regions. Our concern obviously is that humans could potentially come into contact with birds infected with H5N1, which would mean populations worldwide are potentially at risk.
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Right now these new cases in Turkey, they don't elevate the global risk assessment, so we're still in the same pandemic alert phase that we've been in for the last couple of years. But it's something that needs to be monitored very closely.Maria Cheng
Any attempt to strengthen the surveillance worldwide for H5N1 is a good plan.
Maria Cheng
There have been three deaths, with symptoms somewhat similar to H5N1 infection. Other people are still in hospital, including one who is very sick.
Maria Cheng
When this outbreak (in Turkey) was first reported, there was a lot of concern it was behaving differently.
Maria Cheng
I think that's something we'll definitely be exploring how can we adapt these networks to be used for bird flu prevention campaigns.
Maria Cheng
For us to assign public health significance to a genetic change we need to match it to what is happening epidemiologically how the virus is behaving and clinically if it's more or less virulent.
Maria Cheng
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