Bird flu can infect humans

INVESTIGATORS have determined that a strain of bird flu virus infecting fowl in Russia is the type that can infect humans, the Agriculture Ministry said today.

Bird flu can infect humans
Sat, 30 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

The virus caused the deaths of hundreds of birds in a section of Siberia this month, but no human infections have been reported.

In a brief statement, the ministry identified the virus as avian flu type A H5N1.

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