Indionesian Bird Flu Made Me Wobble | ChristopherRay.co.uk http://www.christopherray.co.uk/bird-flu/indionesian-bird-flu-made-me-wobble/comment-page-1/#comment-100 The blogs & Articles team. Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:59:41 +0000 http://www.christopherray.co.uk/archives/38#comment-100 It is of course obvious that "the next influenza pandemic, whenever it comes along, will not be from the current H5N1 strain". To enable human to human infection, the virus would have to mutate in to some thing other than the current H5N1 virus. However, be it H5N2 or H5N20, it would be essentially originating from the same H5N1 virus. Are you saying that you are sure that will not be the case? It is of course obvious that “the next influenza pandemic, whenever it comes along, will not be from the current H5N1 strain”.

To enable human to human infection, the virus would have to mutate in to some thing other than the current H5N1 virus.

However, be it H5N2 or H5N20, it would be essentially originating from the same H5N1 virus.

Are you saying that you are sure that will not be the case?

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