Hui-Ling Yen, Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris. Virology: Bird flu in mammals. Nature 2012 doi:10.1038/nature11192
An engineered influenza virus based on a haemagglutinin protein from H5N1 avian influenza, with just four mutations, can be transmitted between ferrets, emphasizing the potential for a human pandemic to emerge from birds.
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