The Monster at Our Door

A sobering forecast of a potentially lethal virus known as H5N1, currently affecting the poultry and wild bird populations of East Asia, evaluates the World Health Organization`s concerns that the virus is on the brink of mutating into a pandemic illness and cites the ecological and political factors that are contributing to the threat. Reprint. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.