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Bird Flu Transmits Between Humans

25 June, 2006

The transmission of the bird flu virus between human beings has been confirmed in Indonesia, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO officials said that an entire family that contracted the virus died; however, there was no possibility of an epidemic.

It was rumored that a woman became infected with the bird flu virus from a chicken and spread it to the rest of her household.

The virus was then transmitted to the father from his son.

Because of this, the virus mutated twice.

The deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus first emerged in Asia in 2003.

Since then it has claimed approximately 130 lives across the world

Source: zaman.com