Infections like this can sometime pass from animals to humans. The man had other underlying health issues that likely made him vulnerable. There is no evidence that the virus could start spreading between people and cause an outbreak, they say.
The World Health Organization and other authorities monitor strains of flu, like this one, that could have the potential mutate and become a threat. There are many types or strains of avian or bird flu.
Dr Ed Hutchinson from the University of Glasgow said it looked likely that the man's infection was a spillover event - meaning he had probably caught it from an infected animal somehow.
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