“Bird flu has mutated and started infecting dogs, and now it’s coming to humans” and now it’s coming to humans.
Publika.az “Milli.az” reports with reference to foreign media that scientists say so.
Alarmed scientists warn that the “dog flu” virus is on the move to infect humans. It has already evolved into a form adapted to mammals.
Now scientists have discovered that the virus can better recognize human cell receptors. So maybe he was one step closer to overcoming the barrier that was stopping him from transitioning to humans. The study was conducted at China Agricultural University.
“Our results show that dogs can act as a vehicle for avian influenza viruses to adapt to humans,” the Chinese scientists said.
Professor James Wood, head of the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Cambridge, said that the H3 bird flu strain has become a virus specific to dogs. “The virus doesn’t pose a particularly worrisome health threat to dogs — you might be more concerned about the potential for a long-term pandemic in other species, such as humans,” Wood said.
Ian Jones, professor of virology at the University of Reading in the UK, stated that the research proves the virus is moving towards the ability to infect humans.
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