MASSIVE ORGAN FAILURE RESULTS
UNLIKE ANY HUMAN FLU VIRUS EVER SEEN BEFORE
From Stuff.nz : ...Thai researchers have discovered why H5N1 is so deadly – the virus can travel in the bloodstream of victims spreading it beyond the respiratory system where flu is usually contained, causing a system-wide collapse.
In the past blood was considered poisonous to flu viruses.
Christchurch virologist Lance Jennings said no human influenza had ever been known to spread through the blood. "This is unique."
However, H5N1 was unusual in being an avian influenza virus which had infected humans.
...last year a Vietnamese boy...suffered encephalitis when H5N1 spread to his brain...
...researchers said the discovery of H5N1 in the blood posed new challenges for treating bird flu patients.
The virus' ability to spread through the body "clearly illustrates the severity of infection" but did not make it any more likely to be transmitted between people...
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