Bird flu --review of how people catch it so far.

How do people catch bird flu? | CNN As bird flu infections rise in dairy cattle and chickens, human cases are ticking up too, leaving many people to wonder whether they might be at risk from this recently arrived virus. Brenda Goodman CNN

A study published last week in the journal Science showed that just one key change to the virus’ genetic material would allow it to attach to the kinds of sialic acids that are most common in the nose and lungs of people. But it’s nearly impossible to predict when that could happen — or if it ever will. ...

When humans have become infected with bird flu, it’s almost always been through contact with infected animals. All but one of these so-called spillover infections have been mild.

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