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Bird flu too deep in human lungs to spread easily; Findings explain few cases so far.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 23-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Bird flu too deep in human lungs to spread easily; Findings explain few cases so far.(NATION)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Two medical research teams have discovered why the bird flu is not spreading easily from person to person: The virus attaches itself too far down in the human respiratory tract to spread via coughs and sneezes, the usual way influenza spreads.

The findings were reported yesterday in the journal Nature by a group led by virologist Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of...

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