X-Message-Number: 28133 From: "marta sandberg" <> Subject: Bird Flu Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:53:06 +0800 I had barely enquired about bird flu and this drops into my inboX - - - - NEWSFLASH - Early human bird flu death uncovered in China A man died of H5N1 flu in Beijing in November 2003 - two full years before China admitted any human cases of H5N1. The death of the 24-year-old from bird flu came months before China even admitted H5N1 was circulating in its poultry. The man was tested for respiratory illness because of concern in the wake of the SARS epidemic. The case suggests that, as scientists have long suspected, there have been many more human cases of H5N1 flu in China than have been reported, and for a longer time. The more human cases there are, the more chances the virus has to evolve into a human pandemic strain of flu. The Chinese scientists who reported the finding unsuccessfully to withdraw their paper from publication in the New England Journal of Medicine at the last minute on Wednesday. Click on the link below for the full story on NewScientist.com/news:http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9388-early-human-bird-flu-death-uncovered-in-china.html Science and technology news and features updated daily at http://www.newscientist.com _________________________________________________________________ realestate.com.au: the biggest address in property http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28133