Researchers looking for vaccine to prevent bird flu pandemic

As a new kind of bird flu plunged up in China last August, it has been a real cause of worry. The scientist from University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development are playing a major role for finding an appropriate vaccine research that is aimed at protecting the people from this new and virulent strain of avian influenza (flu) virus. This new virus is known as H7N9 and is quite deadly for humans. As per Dr. James D. Campbell, M.D., M.S., University of Maryland's co-principal investigator explains the real situation that, “There's genetic evidence this virus is mutating toward the possibility of sustained human-to-human transmission. Immunity is not built up the way it is with most human-type flu viruses circulating around the globe. More people get sick, and get sicker than usual with new viruses. This one is totally different from any previous flu virus we know, at least from the early 1900s.”