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Viruses do not have wings, so they spread only by contact with something that is already infected. Bird droppings or other secretions from infected birds when come in contact with other birds or humans, the virus can get transferred and make them sick. Different strains of viruses causes different symptoms and if the virus causes a lot of respiratory illnesses that induce coughing and respiratory tract secretions, the virus may potentially travel through the secreted ...

The only avian influenza virus that has made people sick is the H5N1, but as written in the other threads in this forum, the infections to humans have been very limited and transmission of the H5N1 from one human to another is very weak.

The scare is due to the nature of viruses that can mutate quickly. Viruses that normally do not infect humans can mutate and suddenly infect people. If a new strain of ...

The bird flu virus normally does not infect humans, but that does not mean humans do not get infected by the avian flu virus. People who work closely with poultry have got infected. Up to now, the transmission of the avian flu virus from one human to another has been very rare and limited.

Avian influenza or as more commonly called the bird flu is caused by the Avian Influenza A (H5N1) virus that is naturally found in the intestines of many wild birds. These wild birds do not fall sick from the virus. However, if the virus comes in contact with any domesticated bird, it can spread quickly from one infected bird to the other and kill a large number of birds in just a couple of days.