Study: H7N9 highly transmissible by airborne route…(Prepare!!)

Friday, July 19, 2013
By Paul Martin

Lisa Schnirring
CIDRAP News
Jul 18, 2013

Chinese researchers who did extensive work on H7N9 viruses from birds and humans found that one of the human strains was highly transmissible by aerosol droplets in ferrets, fueling more concerns that the new virus could spread between people.

The potential for aerosol spread is one of the key factors health officials use in gauging a new virus’s pandemic potential, and the new study follows closely on the heels of two others that also found evidence of respiratory droplet transmission in ferrets.

The newest findings were reported today in an early online edition of Science by a team based at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating center.

Genetic comparisons produce new clues

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