Mutated swine flu found in Norway

A mutated strain of the 'swine flu' virus is found in Norvay.

www.iltalehti.fi...

The page is in Finnish but translate will help you.

Here's a Google translation from an article in a Danish newspaper.
The translation is actually surprisingly readable

Like H1N1 influenzaneen was abating somewhat in Norway, has health experts in the country got itself a shock: The virus has begun to mutate, so its genetic composition will change.
Thus it may be more dangerous and harder to combat.

It is serious, but there is no reason to panic, said the Norwegian health authorities, which has just held a press conference on the new discovery.

Norway extra hard hit So far, 23 people died after receiving Influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu.
Up to one million Norwegians are believed to have had influenzanen already. Thus, the country relative to its size hit harder than most other countries.

"We found the mutant virus in two patients who died in Norway, which means that this virus may have circulated in Norway since the pandemic began. Therefore we expect no major change in the situation in the future, "says director since Norwegian helsedirektoratet, Bjørn-Inge Larsen told the newspaper Aftenposten.

According to Aftenposten, the mutated virus allegedly also been registered in other countries.
The new mutated virus thrives further down the airways than the original.

This implies more severe disease compared to the original H1N1 influenza, which only affects the neck and upper parts of airways.

Denmark has two people today have lost their lives as a result of H1N1. Also read yet a chronically ill Dane died of H1N1

The virus has changed Laboratory samples from 70 patients have been studied and found viruses with mutations in the three of them.

Two of the three people who had the mutated virus in the body, is now dead. The samples have been studied both in Norway and in London with experts from the World Health Organization.

Here it has been confirmed that the virus has changed. The authorities point out that influenza attack with the mutant virus can be prevented with the known Influenza A vaccine and fought with the drug Tamiflu. Moreover, assuming that it is less contagious than the original A (H1N1).

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At least add a snip it of the translation. to let everyone get a better idea of what the article is.

The BBC are reporting on a new swine 'flu now, News24.

It appears to be the same thing, resistant to Tamiflu.

news.bbc.co.uk...

[edit on 20-11-2009 by smurfy]

another article:
www.bloomberg.com...
"Mutated Swine Flu Strains Block Drugs, Worsen Illness ...


[edit on 20-11-2009 by Phantomfire707]

Another article
Public health significance of virus mutation detected in Norway