First human to human bird flu case confirmed

The World Health Organization was able to confirm the transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus from human to human. The Indonesian man contracted it from his 10 year old son and died shortly after.

The WHO investigators also discovered that the virus had mutated slightly when the son contracted the disease, although not in any way that would allow it to pass more easily among people. Flu viruses like H5N1 mutate constantly and most of the mutations are insignificant biologically, as appears to have been the case in the Indonesian cluster