(ABC) Health officials in China are scrambling to uncover how multiple members of three families in Shanghai and a young boy and girl from neighboring homes in Beijing became infected with a new strain of bird flu.
The H7N9 virus, which has killed 17 and sickened at least 82 people since March, is thought to pass from birds to humans. But its spread within families and neighborhoods has flamed fears about possible human-to-human transmission.
More than 1,000 close contacts of those infected are under close watch for signs of the disease, according to the World Health Organization.
"We don't think there's sustained human-to-human transmission, because the only instances where there might have been human-to-human transmission are between two close family members.
What makes this case so strange, and complicated. Is that those among the 82 infected reported having no contact with birds, in the time leading up to their illness, According to China's officials. this means that it could be passed through other animals acting like a middle man before being transferred to the human species this is scary, and could be a major problem in our near future. - From the Moon
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