New Chinese Bird Flu Still Pandemic Threat
Submitted by Renee Despres on
Throughout April and early May 2013, news headlines focused on a bird flu virus that was sickening people in China's urban centers. Chinese influenza experts isolated the avian (bird) flu virus and determined it was an influenza A (H7N9) subtype, which had never been identified in humans before. As new cases and fatalities were reported almost daily, media headlines focused on the pandemic potential of the virus.




