The high level of avian flu viruses now in widespread in Indonesia has raised the risk that they could mutate and trigger a human influenza pandemic, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech said Tuesday.
"I am deeply concerned that the high level of virus circulation in birds in the country could create conditions for the virus to mutate and to finally cause a human influenza pandemic," Domenech said in a statement.
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