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	Those Dirty Pigs

rfnajera

12-21-2007 11:39 AM

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flu, influenza, swine, avian, bird, genetics, epidemiology, pandemic, epidemic

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      Researchers found that the virus, an H2N3 subtype, caused illness in experimentally infected mice and was transmissible in swine and ferrets, suggesting it has adapted to mammals, according to the report, published in the <I>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences </I>(<I>PNAS</I>). In addition, genetic analysis showed the virus has a mutation linked with an increased ability to infect mammals.
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