AVIAN INFLUENZA: Wild Birds Only Partly to Blame in Spreading H5N1.

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  • Author(s): Normile, Dennis
  • Source:
    Science. 6/9/2006, Vol. 312 Issue 5779, p1451-1451. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CONSENSUS (Social sciences); AVIAN influenza; EPIDEMICS; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; WORLD Health Organization; TISSUES; VIRUSES
    • Subject Terms:
      ROME (Italy); ITALY
    • Abstract:
      The article reports on the consensus made by experts studying the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic during a group meeting in Rome, Italy. They concluded that wild birds play a role in the virus' spread. The commercial poultry trade is the main means of transmission. The World Health Organization is continuing to follow the largest cluster of human H5N1 cases uncovered so far, which includes the initial apparent case in a 37-year-old Indonesian woman living in rural Sumatra who was buried before tissue samples were collected. The pattern of infections indicated that it could be an unusual instance of human-to-human-to-human transmission.