The new strain of bird flu has killed

A new, deadly strain of bird flu killed the first man - a resident of China. According to experts, the woman picked up the virus on the sale of live poultry.

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In China, discovered the first victim of a new strain bird flu   H10N8. A resident of the Chinese city of Nanchang has died in the hospital nine days later after feeling unwell. The patient received antiviral treatment and a variety of antibiotics, but no drug did not help her, especially alarming experts.

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An autopsy revealed that the Chinese contracted a new strain bird flu   H10N8, previously unknown to science. Scientists believe that the strain is transmitted to humans from birds, and the threat of a pandemic is very real. In just a few days before the onset of the disease, he visited a Chinese market of live birds, and it suggests that the incubation period of the disease is about 3-4 days, which corresponds to other strains of avian influenza.

Moreover, this is not the only Chinese diseased, as reported another patient with H10N8, currently located in the same hospital, Jiangxi Province. Explore a new strain H10N8 Chinese scientists say that some of the genetic characteristics of the virus evolved, allowing it to easily penetrate the human body.

It is believed that the strain H10N8 contains numerous different set of genes from avian influenza viruses. Most disturbing is that it has a common genes with the strains of H9N2, H7N9 and H5N1 - the last two have already spread from birds to humans. (READ MORE)

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