RichardJR

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

9 months ago

4/9 CAMBODIA'S H5N1 HISTORY:

Southeast Asia has been hotspot for human bird flu since virus first killed humans in Hong Kong in 1997.

Cambodia reports sporadic human cases, often linked to direct contact with infected poultry.
#SoutheastAsia #H5N1History #PoultryContact

RichardJR

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

9 months ago

3/12 THE 1997 BREAKTHROUGH: Everything changed when a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong died from H5N1.

"We didn't expect to see high-path avian influenza viruses infecting humans. We just didn't expect that."

Scientists thought bird and human flu were separate
#HongKong1997 #H5N1History #ViralEvolution