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Influenza
Data on influenza described by H. Yu et al
May 6th, 2008
"Pigs are susceptible to both human and avian influenza viruses and have been proposed to be intermediate hosts, or mixing vessels, for the generation of pandemic influenza viruses through reassortment or adaptation to the mammalian host. In this study, we summarize and report for the first time the coexistence of wholly human-like H3N2 viruses, double-reassortant H3N2 viruses, and triple-reassortant H3N2 viruses in pigs in China by analyzing the eight genes of swine influenza A (H3N2) viruses found in China from 1970 to 2006," scientists in Harbin, People's Republic of China report. "In 1970, the first wholly human-like H3N2 (Hong Kong/68-like) viruses were isolated...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-06)
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