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Science Races to Parse New Virus http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1240849030
Avian flu and SARS rudely awoke the world to the possibility of a new pandemic. Could a seemingly more mundane bug now put the world to the test?
The swine flu virus that may have killed more than 80 people in Mexico and appears to have sickened hundreds more is still a mystery contagion. But this much is known: The virus is unusually made up of genetic material from avian, pig and human viruses; it can transmit from person to person; and in many people, it only triggers mild symptoms seen in garden-variety influenza....The Atlanta-based CDC has said the current swine flu virus, known as A/H1N1, combines genetic sequences from North American pigs, Eurasian pigs, birds and humans. The H protein that sits on its surface has previously circulated only in pigs and is new to the human immune system -- a crucial condition for starting a pandemic flu.
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