Animal-to-human transmission of bird flu is ‘rare’

La Trobe University’s Dr Emma Grant discusses the likelihood of contracting bird flu after two Victorian chicken farms were exposed. “Thankfully, animal-to-human transmission is actually quite rare,” Dr Grant told Sky News Australia. “The viruses that circulate in the avian space actually find it really hard to bind to human cells. “We’re finding that only in specific circumstances, such as individuals being in close proximity to infected animals for prolonged periods of time, do we see these animal-to-human transmission occurring.”