2007-09-02 23:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
All influenzas (flus) were originally bird flus that mutated to become easily transmissible to other animals, like humans. (The technical term is that birds are the natural reservoirs for influenza) In wild birds, flu does not cause disease. But, when wild birds infect domestic birds, like chickens and turkeys, these birds can become sick and die. Bird flu can kill an entire flock of domestic birds very quickly. Humans can contract bird flu if they work or live with infected birds. In most cases, people die from the bird flu.
There are numerous strains of flu virus and they are mutating all of the time. The biggest danger of bird flu is for it to mutate enough that humans can contract it and pass it from one human to another. Since the strain of bird flu is completely new, people don't have antibodies to fight the new flu and a lot of people would die. Once that happens the flu would first become an epidemic (major outbreak) in the area where it started and then quickly become a pandemic (global epidemic).
So you see, the bird flu has the potential to result in worldwide death in people, like the Spanish flu in 1918. The so called "human flu" is actually referred to as seasonal flu and is usually preventable by vaccination since these flus are circulating strains and not completely new.
2007-09-03 04:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you have the human flu you get a sore throat and a fever for 3 days. If you get bird flu you die.
2007-09-02 23:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because of two reasons:
1. Bird Flu is a infectious disease It can effet a person who is handling the fluy effected chicken.
2. The effect of bird flu on humans is much more dangerous than the normal human flu.
for further technical effects pls contact a doctor.
2007-09-02 23:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird flu is deadlier than human flu. For serious varieties of human flu, we are immunised with vaccines.
2007-09-03 05:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by Haliman S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you misunderstand. The bird flu attacks humans and, often, kills them.
2007-09-03 04:09:29 · answer #5 · answered by laurel g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Son,
What d'ya mean by that ? Bird flu attacked human to. It only call like that because bird / avis is the host of this H5N1 virus.
Like the other people said, H5N1 kill you faster than influenza.
2007-09-03 00:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bird flu kills.. human flu gets you time off school
2007-09-02 23:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the bird flu will kill you
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2007-09-03 08:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
examine out the cdc website for greater information. they're constantly updating the avian flu stuff. (yet i does not be to worried, fairly in case you're actually not likely to be in touch with animals)
2016-11-14 01:40:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i also wandering why people were concerned about mad cow diseas while all human are mad . :-)
2007-09-03 00:05:43 · answer #10 · answered by ddrose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋