Virologist Volchkov: H3N8 bird flu epidemic will outnumber coronavirus.

The other day it became known that infection with a new strain of bird flu H3N8 for the first time led to the death of a person - a woman infected with it died in China. Virologist Volchkov noted in an interview that infection with this type of bird flu can be fatal due to lack of immunity..

“People have no immunity to H3N8 at all. Here, no vaccines and case histories with other forms of influenza will not help, ”the expert said..

How big is the risk that a new strain could cause an epidemic as big as the previous ones According to Volchkov, we can only talk about the likelihood of an epidemic if the flu, transmitted to humans from animals or birds, acquires the ability to be transmitted from one person to another..

“The main question is how many mutations a virus needs to survive in order to be transmitted from person to person.. On average, this requires at least five to eight key mutations,” the virologist explained to Gazeta. En"

He added that the mutations of the new strain from which the woman died could (theoretically) take place in her body.. The probability of this was assessed by the expert as very small.. Also, in his opinion, it is a mystery how infection with the H3N8 strain that claimed the life of a woman in China could have occurred..

Virologist Volchkov: damage to the central nervous system with influenza could mean a risk of death. Volchkov is convinced that in this case, the H3N8 bird flu epidemic will outnumber coronavirus victims.

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