Friday, December 9, 2011

Man-made super-flu could kill half humanity

Avian influenza virus, TEM (NIBSC/Science Photo Library)

This article is about a new virus made in a lab that can kill half of humanity.This virus is an H5N1 bird flu strain it was genetically altered to become much more contagious. It was created by Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. he was the first who presented his work to the public at an influenza conference in Malta, in September. This was a very rare virus to catch and those who would catch it died. until now the virus was not a major threat to the human population but be cause of recent testing it has become an airborn virus. if released this virus will cause many more fatalities then the common flu virus.

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