The new pandemic can begin due to the H5N8 avian influenza virus, Chinese scientists called this cause. Attention to the appropriate study drew Medical Xpress portal.
A number of scientific institutions of China’s scientists Weifan Shei and George Gao traced the history of the appearance and spread of the virus: they clarified that this strain was revealed in 2010 in China in China. Four years later, a number of cases were recorded in Japan and South Korea, and there were homemade and wild birds among the sick. By 2016, the virus manifested itself in birds in India, Russia, Mongolia, the United States, as well as in several parts of Europe. By 2020, the H5N8 flashes were found already in 46 countries, which indicates the inspiring the ability of the virus to reproduce.
“History suggests that the virus is capable of spreading very quickly. An even more alarming was a message about cross-infections in seven Russian agricultural workers in December last year,” the material is noted.
Waifen Shi and George Gao indicated that during the examination of infected workers, the signs of H5N8 transmission among people were not revealed. However, scientists alarmed the fact that when crossing the virus demonstrated the ability to adapt very quickly to other media.
They also focused on the high pathogenicity of the virus, noting that the distribution of H5N8 can be adjusted by tightening the controls of farms, markets and wild feathers, as well as subject to standard infection control measures.
Previously, British virologists described the “triple mutation” of coronavirus with the “strange combination” of genes. It was specified that by this time the country recorded 49 cases of infection with a new type of virus. Specialists of the UK public health service explore the distribution of VUI-21May-01. There is no evidence that it is resistant to vaccines or more contagious than existing strains.