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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sophie Collins & Matt Gibson

Scientists warn 'utmost caution' needed as H5N1 bird flu mutates to infect people and young girl dies

Scientists have issued a warning that a strain of bird flu, which killed an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, has now mutated to easily infect humans.

That’s according to the lead researcher of a team that decoded the virus and says the finding must be treated with "utmost caution".

Dr Erik Karlsson from the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia told Sky News the virus that infected the girl was different from samples taken from birds.

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