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H5N1 outbreak in Hong Kong.

David J McGee dmcge001 at umaryland.edu
Fri Dec 26 09:29:47 EST 1997


Last I heard, no one is "sitting" waiting for the virus to take its
course.  CDC officials are over there in Hong Kong; merchants have been
scrubbing their vending shops where poultry is sold.  I think the daeth
toll is now 4, but it is not clear whether person to person spread occurs.

David

On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, cyc wrote:

> 
> I was wondering whether you all out there know that an deadly flu has
> infected 6 persons this year and killed 3.
> 
> The virus appears to be spreading real slow but being flu virus has the
> potential to mutate to a highly contagious strain.
> 
> Meanwhile scientists can only sit and wait to see what course the virus
> will take.
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