it may cause human infection or epidemic

"The tentative assessment of this virus is that it may cause human infection or epidemic," said Dr.Masato Tashiro, director of the WHO's influenza research center in Tokyo and one of the specialists who studied the genetic data, "It is still not yet adapted to humans completely, but important factors have already changed."  http://news.yahoo.com/china-bird-flu-mutates-might-infect-mammals-204433746.html