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Bird flu detected in pigs—here's why virologists are concerned
but we also know that the strain of influenza virus that entered pigs in 1918 then circulated in them for over 90 years before combining with other viruses to cause the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
First case of bird flu detected in pig, USDA reports in long-feared development
Pigs represent a particular concern for the ... the industry has worked alongside the USDA since 2009 to carry out a swine ...
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Researchers are concerned by H5N1 bird flu’s ability to mutate, reassort
The spread of H5N1 into new species alarms researchers who say it could reassort in a new species, like pigs, leading to more ...
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Scientific Investigation of the 1918 Flu
Reid added, “We can’t tell whether it went from pigs into humans or ... back to attributing the 1918 influenza virus to an avian source rather than that of a swine. Since the publications ...