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Bird Flu
New bird flu study findings recently were reported by researchers at Department of Agriculture
December 16th, 2008
"Genetic reassortment of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAI) with currently circulating human influenza A strains is one possibility that could lead to efficient human-to-human transmissibility. Domestic pigs which are susceptible to infection with both human and avian influenza A viruses are one of the natural hosts where such reassortment events could occur," scientists in the United States report. "Virological, histological and serological features of H5N1 virus infection in pigs were characterized in this study. Two-to three-week-old domestic piglets were intranasally inoculated with 10(6) EID50 of A/Vietnam/1203/04 (VN/04),...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-16)
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