Not sick birds or infected

I would say that to not bring home live birds, is a big statetement

2009 on 06 day 02 years 03:29 金羊网- New Express
Zhong Nanshan: the public not to bring home slaughter of live birds
Recently, a number of provinces and cities domestic spate of cases of human infection with avian influenza.
Yesterday, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor Zhong Nanshan authoritative respiratory disease of avian influenza on an interview said: "The birds may be infected are not sick of the new risks, even if not sick poultry, but also the spread of avian flu virus might be."

Academician Zhong said that this year of bird flu have been from north to south, but more than half of patients not in the poultry area life; and many patients only contact with live poultry, is not sick, which means that poultry or a "non-infected sick "the new situation. "Although a lot of poultry have received immunization, but immunization is to reduce a major role in detoxification, reducing morbidity, rather than completely eliminate the virus, meaning that birds may be infected."

Zhong Nanshan warning the public: "I strongly advocated the general public not to contact with poultry, not in favor of city people to go home to buy live chickens to kill. Although people are aware 'dozed off' should not buy live chickens, but now do not 'doze off' poultry may there are problems. "

For the issue of virus mutation, Zhong Nanshan said in response: "sure there was some variation, because the avian flu and human cells come into contact with part of neuraminidase, which some amino acids there were minor variations can be combined with human cells, Japan, USA research has found that the situation, but no studies have shown a large variation of the virus.
As previously nothing to eat chickens, but now they are infected, that is, variation of the virus occurred. "