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Charles Marwick

JAMA. 1998;279:259-260.

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MORE THAN 1 MILLION chickens and other food fowl were slaughtered in Hong Kong, China—an event fraught with difficulty—late last month in an attempt to stem the spread of a new antigenic strain of influenza virus originating in birds. The virus emerged to infect at least 16 humans in Hong Kong and, as this issue of JAMA went to press, 4 of those infected had died (see also p 263).

A major concern is the possibility that the new strain could be passed from human to human, which would herald the likelihood of a pandemic.

While it is not clear how the virus is being transmitted, most of the cases so far seem to have occurred as a result of contact with chickens. "However, not all of them have been directly linked to exposure to birds. That's one of the questions we still have to answer," said a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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