Avian influenza H7N9 is able to infect human beings!

Avian influenza H7N9 is able to infect human beings! - A recent report in the journal British Medical Journal says that the H7N9 bird flu virus that originated from China will most likely be able to infect human beings.

As evidence, the researchers found that a father's bird flu virus to transmit it to their children around the southeastern part of China.

As reported by Digital Journal, H7N9 is the bird flu virus that attacks the respiratory tract. Some cases of H7N9 bird flu that was found was reported to have close links with poultry markets in China.

However, the most worrisome of the cases is the first evidence that the H7N9 bird flu virus is able to infect human beings. According to medical experts in China, viral genes are found in almost like father and son, so it's possible that the father transmitted the virus to her child.

Nonetheless, researchers tragic if such invention does not mean the H7N9 bird flu virus can be transmitted to human beings with ease.

Until last July, the medical experts in CHina already reported 133 cases of H7N9 bird flu, while 43 of whom had died. Most patients infected poultry due to the pasa and make direct contact with poultry before falling ill.