Pig influenza is a virus that attacks the human immune system and causes serious secondary diseases. In some cases it can be fatal. This flu virus gets its name from a type of flu virus that affects swine. Of course pig flu virus resembles that of the one that infects pigs. The abbreviation H1N1 is the official World Health Organization (WHO)
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Swine Flu Definitions
Swine flu (swine influenza) is a respiratory ache acquired by bacilli (influenza viruses) that affect the respiratory amplitude of pigs and aftereffect in nasal
Swine Flu Genes Circulated for a Decade
Genes included in the new swine flu may have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus.
H1N1 Strain May Have Been Undetected in Pigs for Years (CME/CE)
TORONTO (MedPage Today) — The novel H1N1 flu virus may have been propagating in pigs for years without being detected, according to researchers who studied the genetic sequences of more than 70 samples isolated from patients in Mexico and the U.S.
Flu Update: Pigs, Genes and Vaccines
A few noteworthy developments today on the flu outbreak: Researchers called for stepped up surveillance of flu in the world’s pigs. An analysis of the genes of the H1N1 flu, published today in the journal Science, suggested that the strain may have been circulating undetected for some time. It’s “likely” that other new strains are also in circulation but haven’t been detected, the authors said. The analysis, which sequenced the genes of scores of samples of H1N1 flu, also found that the ge