From Jonathan Apps
The short article on the mutation of the H5N1 virus found in Turkey (January 21, p 6) makes no mention of the fact that this mutation has been seen twice before – in Vietnam and Hong Kong – without significant effect on the transmissibility to and between humans.
The editor writes:
This information was omitted from the article because of space limitations. It is however in the online version: staging.newscientistbeta.com/channel/health/dn8590.
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