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New mutational changes in bird flu virus may signal next pandemic: Study

A subtype of avian flu virus, endemic in poultry farms in China, is undergoing mutational changes, which could increase the risk of the disease being passed on to humans, warns a study.Researchers in China and Nottingham, the UK, also said that .

Bird flu: New mutant strain in China may raise risk of human transmission | Science | News

Analysis of the subtype of the avian influenza virus raises concerns of a potential epidemic or pandemic in the making, researchers said.

Bird flu changes could raise risk of widespread transmission to humans

Using lab mice and ferrets as models for human infection, the study found that virus has undergone several adaptive changes.

New Mutational Changes In Bird Flu Virus May Signal Next Pandemic: Study

Fears of new pandemic as humans 'vulnerable' to new mutant virus found in China

Using laboratory ferrets and mice, researchers from China and the UK found that humans could be "vulnerable" to infection from the H3N8 strain of bird flu at "epidemic or pandemic proportions"