Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic | Reuters - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 05 Feb 17Multiple outbreaks have been reported in poultry farms and wild flocks across Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of viruses mixing and mutating - and possibly jumping to people.