Avian influenza (bird flu): human health facts
Primefact Number: 110 Edition: Second edition Released/reviewed: 01 Aug 2006
Avian influenza is a disease of birds caused by an influenza virus. The avian influenza virus is not the same as the human influenza virus that normally causes influenza in humans. There are 144 different strains of the avian influenza virus but only rarely do any of these strains affect humans. On these occasions the avian influenza virus does not normally spread from human to human.
This Primefact covers the causes and path of infection, symptoms, and the situation internationally and in NSW.
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