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Sat Dec-04-04 11:48 PM
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9. H5N1 vs H1N1

The 1918 pandemic flu was H1N1. The one in Korea is H1N1 and it is closely related. H5N1 has a high case fatality rate, but human to human transmission is not efficient.

http://www.recombinomics.com/H5N1_case_fatality_rate.html

WSN/33 human to human transmission is VERY efficient. It is from the first human flu virus ever isolated (WS/33). It was isolated in 1933 in England. Most people born after 1933 would not have good immunity to it.

There have been reports of serious human flu in Asia, but the serotype has not been given (just that it is influenza A).

1933 H1N1 is not something to sneeze at, literally or figuratively.

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