'Freezer Virus' And The 90 Year Evolution of H1N1 Swine Flu
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 18:56
in Health & Medicine
The current H1N1 influenza A swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in the New England Journal of Medicine. Their paper, published online today, describes H1N1's nearly century-long and often convoluted journey, which may include the accidental resurrection of an extinct strain. read more
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