El número de la revista Time que se vende esta semana en América Latina y Europa dedicó su reportaje de portada a la amenaza de la gripe aviar. Narra como tres científicos de alto nivel están luchando por salvar a la humanidad de la muerte de millones.
"... in Southeast Asia, where at least 60 people have died and 150 million poultry have perished or been culled because of avian flu since the end of 2003, the virus is still active. A Jakarta woman died of the disease on Sept. 26, the third confirmed fatality from bird flu in Indonesia. Several other deaths are being investigated for bird flu and a number of other sick patients are being tested for the disease. The Indonesian government has declared a national "extraordinary event." The h5n1 virus has already shown it can be deadly to people who come into direct contact with infected birds or eat uncooked poultry. But bird-to-human transmission is relatively controllable because diseased flocks can be isolated or, usually, eliminated. The sum of all fears is that h5n1 could mutate into a strain with the ability to jump easily from person to person, as ordinary flu does. That could trigger a once-in-a-century catastrophe."
Además presenta un mapa interactivo de la expansión de la epidemia.
"... in Southeast Asia, where at least 60 people have died and 150 million poultry have perished or been culled because of avian flu since the end of 2003, the virus is still active. A Jakarta woman died of the disease on Sept. 26, the third confirmed fatality from bird flu in Indonesia. Several other deaths are being investigated for bird flu and a number of other sick patients are being tested for the disease. The Indonesian government has declared a national "extraordinary event." The h5n1 virus has already shown it can be deadly to people who come into direct contact with infected birds or eat uncooked poultry. But bird-to-human transmission is relatively controllable because diseased flocks can be isolated or, usually, eliminated. The sum of all fears is that h5n1 could mutate into a strain with the ability to jump easily from person to person, as ordinary flu does. That could trigger a once-in-a-century catastrophe."
Además presenta un mapa interactivo de la expansión de la epidemia.
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