A group of scientists that are doing a collaborative study with a man named Masato Tashiro from the IVRC are studying a flu that does not apply to humans normally but now. These scientists studied the genetic code of the H7N9 and found out that it is slowly mutating to be dangerous for us humans. This flu was mostly found in the birds of the Shanghai market, originally a flu for only birds it is now a danger for humans. The mutation is a mutation of the protein that allows the influenza to grow efficiently in the upper respiratory of the human body as the temperatures are cooler there and ideal for the flu to grow as it is even lower temperature than in birds. The flu attaches itself to the host and it's cells to replicate and spread rapidly. These upper respiratory places are the nose and throat that the flu gains control. So far 33 people have been infected and 9 have died. Scientists say that normal drugs that are used against flu's like these ( ion channel inhibitors) that isolate the virus don't work and that other drugs like oseltamivir may work.
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