The flu virus is more likely to cause a new pandemic in the near future, according to leading scientists. An international survey, to be published next weekend, will reveal that 57% of senior disease experts now believe that a strain of the flu virus will be the cause of the next global outbreak of the deadly infectious disease. The belief that influenza poses the greatest global threat of a new pandemic is based on long-standing research showing that it is constantly evolving and mutating, said Jon Salmanton-García of the University of Cologne, who conducted the study, according to Britain's Guardian. “Every winter the flu comes around,” he said. “You could describe these outbreaks as mini-pandemics. They're more or less controlled because the different strains that cause them aren't virulent enough – but that won't necessarily be the case forever.” Details of the research – which included input from a total of 187 senior scientists – will be revealed at the conference […]
Source: News Beast
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