It’s now widely known that influenza type A viruses that usually infect ducks and other water birds can jump species to infect the human respiratory tract. Such transmission from birds to humans remains rare and tends to happen when some of the 16 subtypes of avian influenza manage to mutate by applying proteins on their surfaces taken from human flu viruses.
The first 25 UNC captains who register at a team of 10 or more online at http://race.komennctriangle.org/ by the end of the day Friday, May 22 will receive $20 in free gas.
