Bird Flu, an Old Foe

A. M. Shestopalov

This article opens up our new column dedicated to Man as a biological and social object, an integral part of the world around us 20th century alone witnessed three pandemics and a global epidemic caused by viruses originating from strains of “bird flu”.

The infectious agents spread all around the world for a year after they had been detected.

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