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05-02-09, 03:49 PM
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Rep Power: 2  |  What scientists know about swine flu Preliminary analysis of the swine flu virus suggests it is a fairly mild strain, scientists say. It is believed that a further mutation would be needed in order for the H1N1 virus to cause the mass deaths that have been estimated by some.  H1N1 (seasonal flu/swine flu) Spreads easily through coughing and sneezing Less severe symptoms, but can be deadly H5N1 (avian flu) Can mutate rapidly Causes severe illness and can trigger pneumonia Spreads easily between birds but human transmission rare  Influenza viruses are able to swap genetic material Predictions Scientists have also played down concerns that the milder H1N1 virus, could combine with the more dangerous H5N1 avian flu virus, causing a super virus that has the ability to both spread easily between humans and cause severe illness. This is unlikely - or at least just as unlikely as it ever was and the H5N1 virus has been around for a decade without combining with normal seasonal flu. Source: Code: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8028371.stm |
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05-02-09, 06:08 PM
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05-02-09, 07:15 PM
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05-04-09, 12:04 PM
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| Well today i read in newspaper that pigs has been slaughtered because of this swine flu.. Swine Flu name is creating so much confusion in peoples mind, it should be H1N1 Virus... I ain't eat pork but killing pork needlessly is bad... Yesterday egypt slaughtered 200,000 pigs because of this only  |
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05-05-09, 12:35 AM
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| Nice Info. |
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05-06-09, 03:29 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | This info is interesting indeed. I wonder why did they first think it was caused by pigs. How do these things originate anyway? |
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05-13-09, 04:09 AM
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Rep Power: 13 | Thanks for sharing. |
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in the pigs. These were not capable of infecting humans. At some point these viruses mutated and gained the capacity to infect humans. So now this virus is capable of causing flu in humans. -F | |
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05-15-09, 01:15 PM
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| Reports say this can be a man made virus, which accidently escaped from a lab. This is based on the DNA structure of the mutated virus. |
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