Avian Flu Likely to Arrive Via Migrating Birds

By Great Lakes Rad... on Friday, March 31, 2006.
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Researchers have been monitoring the spread of a potentially deadly strain of avian influenza overseas.

Health officials worry the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form that could infect humans.

Some researchers say the virus could make its way to the United States as early as this fall, by way of wild migratory birds.

The GLRC's Christina Shockley reports.

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