Thursday, December 20, 2012

The "WAGD" Post of the day

Pigs in southern China infected with avian flu

Ifluenza A virus is responsible both for pandemics that have killed millions worldwide, and for the much less severe annual outbreaks of influenza. Because pigs can be infected with both human and avian influenza viruses, they are thought to serve as "mixing vessels" for genetic reassortment that could lead to pandemics, and pigs have been infected experimentally by all avian H1-H13 subtypes. But natural transmission of avian influenza to pigs has been documented only rarely.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-pigs-southern-china-infected-avian.html#jCp

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