Image: The H5N1 virus could mutate to a deadlier form and spread to humansBird Flu 'Could Mutate To Cause Deadly Human Pandemic' -- BBC
The H5N1 bird flu virus could change into a form able to spread rapidly between humans, scientists have warned.
Researchers have identified five genetic changes that could allow the virus to start a deadly pandemic.
Writing in the journal Science, they say it would be theoretically possible for these changes to occur in nature.
A US agency has tried unsuccessfully to ban publication of parts of the research fearing it could be used by terrorists to create a bioweapon.
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My Comment: This info should make any potential bio-terrorist happy .... they now have the blue print to cause a pandemic.
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