Sentences with phrase «other swine influenzas»

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Nelson and her colleagues found that flu in pigs «follows long - distance swine movements from the southern U.S. to the Midwest,» with most of the human - origin H1N1 arriving at Midwest hog farms coming from the Southeast, and most of the swine - origin H1N2 coming from the south - central U.S. And that means the Midwest, as the final destination for many of these pigs, is «likely to provide a reservoir for multiple genetically distinct variants to co-circulate and exchange segments via re-assortment because of the continual importation of swine influenza viruses from other regions,» the researchers noted.

The first cases were reported in the United States in March 2009 but the new virus spread rapidly to other countries and in June 2009 the WHO declared a pandemic caused by this strain, known as influenza A (H1N1) pdm09, or «swine flu».

Dr. Evans No we are saying that this particular virus based on what we are seeing clinical expression at this point and time, the introduction of the virus into the pig herd, the pigs have responded in the same way that they have responded to every other swine virus, or circulating influenza virus.

It's been well researched, by studies, by world organizations, by the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta, other organizations that have all unanimously come to the conclusion that consumption of pork is not a risk factor for transmission of influenza virus from swine to human.

Even a limited sampling (31 whole - genome sequences) revealed extensive reassortment between the human - origin swine viruses and other swine and human influenza viruses over a 7 - year period.

Rao has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and other international agencies and has contributed to policies on epidemics like AIDS, avian influenza and swine flu.

Besides H3N2, the two other flu strains causing illness are H1N1, an influenza strain that caused the 2009 - 2010 swine flu pandemic but is now a regular human flu virus, and an influenza B strain.

No matter how many other interesting ideas were floating around, a lot of people are focused on Influenza A-H1N1 (aka swine flu, aka grippe porcine) this week.

Prepare solicitations and provide technical review (including safety and efficacy data) of proposals for avian influenza, classical swine fever, Rift valley fever, and other vaccines.