Why is this virus so worrisome?"
Scientists know that avian and human influenza viruses can swap genes when a person is simultaneously infected with viruses from both species.
H5N1 has already demonstrated an ability to infect people, cause severe disease and kill - the key characteristics of a pandemic strain. The virus has the ability to mutate and acquire genes from viruses infecting other species. Experts are concerned that the virus could either adapt, giving it greater affinity for people, or exchange genes with a human flu virus, thereby producing a completely new virus strain capable of spreading easily between people. If a new strain were to occur, then few people, if any, would have a natural immunity to it and a pandemic would occur.
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