# Proliferation of Bird Flu Outbreaks Raises Risk of Human Pandemic | Scientific American

> Global health experts warned that bird flu outbreaks have reached unprecedented levels across Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. The concern is that multiple strains could mix or mutate and jump to humans. The article focuses on public health risk rather than new trade or supply action.

- Date: 2017-01-26 · published 2017-01-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72892-proliferation-of-bird-flu-outbreaks-raises-risk-of-human-pandemic-scientific
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## Why it matters

The story reflects a public health risk, and a human pandemic would be a major demand shock, but there is no immediate supply or price effect for feed markets.

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| SBM | 2023-07-12 | [Surging bird flu outbreaks raise human-infection risk, UN agencies warn \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16168-surging-bird-flu-outbreaks-raise-human-infection-risk-un-agencies-warn-reuters.md) | +5.0% | +3.5% |
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## Sources

- scientificamerican.com: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/proliferation-of-bird-flu-outbreaks-raises-risk-of-human-pandemic1/

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