Posted by Lotusf1 > 2013-02-17 11:09 | Report Abuse

Germany destroyed about 14000 ducks after confirming that the ducks had been infected with h5n1 -reported in german tabloid about 2 days ago.Mexican govt.too had to kill >500000 chickens after similar test confirmed cases of h5n1 in these chickens.In uk tests confirmed a person died ater being infected with h5n1.These are the virus that can caused SARs where infected patients suffered pneumonia ,leading to deaths.In normal circumstances these viruses spread from birds to birds or within chickens or ducks and spreading from birds to humans seem unlikely.But virologists in uk confirmed that these virus had spread to human from chickens or birds ,something we would fear.Even feared would be the mutation of these viruses which made catching them very difficult and that these viruses might spread to all over to many countries as we lack effective controls to control.