September 6, 2011
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Another mutation
virus influenza
It is waiting for us on the threshold of a new wave of fall and winter epidemic disease. A new kind of flu, this time it is H5N1, was detected in Vietnam and China, as recently reported by scientists, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).
A cruel joke in this situation can play uncontrolled migration of birds as a result of which the virus can easily move even in those countries where, until this incident he had never been. According to experts, the main danger of the virus is that it has struck poultry meat is actively imported many countries of Asia. Therefore, to assess the current situation becomes difficult.
According to scientists, FAO, in particular risk include countries such as Mongolia, the Palestinian territories, Israel, Bulgaria, Romania and even Russia. The first alarming reports of mutations in H5N1 influenza virus came from Cambodia, where the conditions of poultry and livestock are far from normal. There's the middle of August, he died from a new strain of a little girl.
European experts recommend to establish a special control of meat products imported from Vietnam and China, and urge people to refrain from buying birds from Asian countries before the end clarify the situation with a new type of mutation.