Saturday, April 4, 2009

H5N1 Avian Virus Adapting to Pigs,Closer to Human Variation
( Digital Journal )


The deadly H5N1 virus, a scourge among avian species in Asia, appears to have adapted to operate in swine populations, a report in the Archives of Virology finds.
The H5N1 virus - a headline-producing species that regularly ravages avian populations throughout Asia - appears to have successfully mutated toward residence in pigs

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