bird flu  is that a big issue ?can you eat chicken and eggs 

Nowadays, a disease called bird flu has spread in many states of India, due to which hundreds of hundreds of birds have been found dead.

bird flu  also called as avian influenza . it is a viral infection which normally affects birds hence known as bird flu .but there are very slight chances that it can effect humans also if got direct touch or during handling meat of infected birds . now a days in India the new strain found which is affecting birds in India and known as H5N8 which is slightly different from its old strain which is H5N1 influenza virus .

Why it may become dangerous : it has very high mortality rate in birds and humans  hence it is far dangerous if  infects any person but till now it never got transmitted through human to human and it doesn't means that it can not, by any small mutations it can be transmitted but till now no such mutations are recorded.

can you eat chicken and eggs : you can eat cooked chicken and eggs with proper care .  and should wash your hand after handling raw chicken. study showed that the virus can die at 70 degree Celsius . and should not eat raw meat, raw eggs ,half fried eggs and etc 

according to C.D.C. rare cases of human infection with these viruses have been reported. Infected birds shed avian influenza virus in their saliva, mucous and by there poo . Human infections with bird flu viruses can happen when enough virus gets into a person’s eyes, nose or mouth, or is inhaled. This can happen when virus is in the air in droplets or possibly dust and a person breathes it in, or when a person touches something that has virus on it then touches their mouth, eyes or nose. Rare human infections with some avian viruses have occurred most often after unprotected contact with infected birds or surfaces contaminated with avian influenza viruses. However, some infections have been identified where direct contact was not known to have occurred. Illness in people has ranged from mild to severe.

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