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Originally posted by soficrow
Originally posted by SourGrapes
....the 1918 virus was an avian strain that managed to adapt to humans without first acquiring any genes from existing human flu viruses.
Thanks SG. ...and that's the kicker, isn't it? Bird flu does NOT need to acquire genes from human flu viruses to infect humans...