H5N1
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Influenza_nomenclature.svg/220px-Influenza_nomenclature.svg.png)
Noun
[edit]- (medicine) A strain of avian influenza, often lethal in humans but not transmissible between humans.
Quotations
[edit]2005: At present, H5N1 flu strain poses only a limited threat to humans as it cannot spread easily between people. — Case of Bird Flu Drug Resistance, BBC Online.