HK flu virus not virulent
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14/03/2008
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Japan Today (Japan)
Top scientists commissioned by Hong Kong's health authorities to probe a recent influenza outbreak here have not found an especially virulent form of virus from children who died after coming down with flu, the head of the expert team said Thursday. Yuen Kwok-yung told reporters the common flu virus was found only in the respiratory system in the two fatal cases and he believes the virus had not mutated into a more virulent form.