H5N1 bird flu HAS mutated to infect people, scientists on ground zero in Cambodia say
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Dr Erik Karlsson, who led the team at the Pasteur Institute of Cambodia that isolated the girl’s virus, said there were ‘some indications’ that it was already spreading among people.