Local researchers have now proven that bird flu has finally mutated and can be transmitted from person to person.
The outbreak occured in 2006 in Indonesia. Experts at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center in Seattle used statistical analysis to show the disease spread between a small number of people in one family.
The chain of infection involved a young boy who likely caught the virus from his aunt who had been exposed to dead poultry.
Researchers say the boy then probably passed the virus to his father.
Health authorities eventually placed dozens of relatives and close contacts under quarantine in an attempt to contain the spread.
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This really is bad since bird flu is on the rise now we can get it from other humans. Meaning we would get it all over the place and not be able to get everyone cured.
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