Bird flu is believed to have killed nearly 600 sea lions off the coast of Peru, and scientists are monitoring the outbreak for signs of mammal-to-mammal transmission 🔴 janemerrick23 reports
The virus has also been identified in a handful of otters and seals, but none of the UK outbreaks have suggested transmission between mammals.
Sustained mammal to mammal infections would mark a new stage of bird flu, as it would suggest that the virus could eventually adapt to spread between humans. Since the latest global outbreak of H5N1 began a year ago, fewer than 10 people worldwide have caught the virus, directly from close contact with poultry or other birds, and only one human death has been reported.was being linked to bird flu, although it has not been confirmed whether the virus was transmitted between the animals.
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