Deadly poultry flu could be 'disease X' to spark pandemic
A new strain of bird flu which kills 38pc of those it infects has been identified as the most likely candidate to spark a worldwide flu pandemic.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England with special responsibility for emergency preparedness and pandemic planning, told the 'Daily Telegraph' the virus concerning him and others most was H7N9, a flu virus circulating in poultry in China.
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