Swine flu strains could mutate and infect humans, study says

Researchers find a flu strain from pigs that spread among ferrets and easily killed them, suggesting that people are vulnerable to it. They advise global vigilance. Nobody knows where the next pandemic flu will come from. Now, scientists have evidence that influenza strains common in commercial pig herds can mutate in a way that would allow them to infect humans and spread easily among them.

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