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US - A Mississippi State University researcher has uncovered the first molecular evidence linking live poultry markets in China to human H5N1 avian influenza.
Henry Wan, an assistant professor in systems biology at MSU?s College of Veterinary Medicine, collaborated with scientists in the World Health Organization Collaborative Centers for Influenza in China and St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital to investigate the connection.
"Although conceptually we knew live bird markets posed a risk for human H5N1 infection, there had previously not been any direct evidence, especially molecular evidence, supporting this hypothesis," Dr Wan said.
Based on information provided by patients infected with the H5N1 virus during the 2008-2009 season, Dr Wan and his colleagues collected and analyzed 69 environmental samples from the live bird markets visited by six patients before the onset of the disease.
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http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/24750/msu-researcher-finds-link-to-h5n1-bird-flu
Henry Wan, an assistant professor in systems biology at MSU?s College of Veterinary Medicine, collaborated with scientists in the World Health Organization Collaborative Centers for Influenza in China and St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital to investigate the connection.
"Although conceptually we knew live bird markets posed a risk for human H5N1 infection, there had previously not been any direct evidence, especially molecular evidence, supporting this hypothesis," Dr Wan said.
Based on information provided by patients infected with the H5N1 virus during the 2008-2009 season, Dr Wan and his colleagues collected and analyzed 69 environmental samples from the live bird markets visited by six patients before the onset of the disease.
...
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/24750/msu-researcher-finds-link-to-h5n1-bird-flu