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Originally posted by xtr3m3paranoia
Just heard on my local news that theres the first confirmed case of pig flu in my town , Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, UK
Im so glad my kids have broken up for half term this week as im very concerned. Fortunately I have stocked up on supplies so we can quarantine ourselves and keep an eye on whats happening outside.
Thanks again to the 6 or so main posters for all your updates and contributions to this thread. You know who you are!
The genes of the H1N1 swine flu have been circulating undetected among pigs for at least a decade, says a team of researchers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rebecca Garten led colleagues to sequence the genomes of more than 50 samples of the flu in Mexico and the US.
Their findings are published in the journal Science.
Cases of the H1N1 virus have been reported in more than 11,000 people spanning 42 countries. The virus has killed at least 75 people in Mexico, 10 in the US and one in both Canada and Costa Rica.
Garten’s team carefully studied the genetics of the virus to discover that all eight gene segments have closely related swine ancestors. Scientists said this could suggest that the virus could have been in existence for years among pigs.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most complete analysis yet of the new H1N1 swine flu virus shows it must have been circulating undetected for years, most likely in pigs, researchers said on Friday.
Originally posted by gallifreyan medic
I do not believe this to be so.
Genes of flu virus not so new.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most complete analysis yet of the new H1N1 swine flu virus shows it must have been circulating undetected for years, most likely in pigs, researchers said on Friday.
It's likely that other novel strains have also emerged but have not been noticed, according to Rebecca Garten, Ph.D., of the CDC and colleagues.
The circumstances that led to the development of the current novel strain and its emergence from animal hosts to cause human disease remain unknown, Dr. Garten and colleagues said online today in Science.
Originally posted by xtr3m3paranoia
reply to post by jonny2410
Sorry to jump on the band wagon but I saw a few pages back someone saying about pig flu being a bit of an over reaction because there arent infected people wondering around clogging up ER's? Where I live there are signs in all the GP surgeries and ER telling anyone with symptoms to stay home in quarantine and call their doctor. Unless your half dead and need emergency care no one is interested.
Originally posted by JBA2848
H1N1 Strain May Have Been Undetected in Pigs for Years
It's likely that other novel strains have also emerged but have not been noticed, according to Rebecca Garten, Ph.D., of the CDC and colleagues.
The circumstances that led to the development of the current novel strain and its emergence from animal hosts to cause human disease remain unknown, Dr. Garten and colleagues said online today in Science.
If thats the story there going to go back to it would then make some of my first post on this thread true again. Xenotransplantation into humans of pig pancreatic islets to cure diabetics created a bridge between human and pig diseases.
Originally posted by fence_rider
It's official, this is a thread bashing lull?
Originally posted by yzzyUK
Hmmm seems PMT has set it....
I'll be back when everyone calms down..
Cant you all just do what we have been doing for the last month?
Post your opinion join in with opinions you connect to...and ignore what you dont like reading.. or is that just me
Like I said... I don't do hysterics... Have a good weekend my lovelies!! Have a super duper time
Operator: Thank you. The last question comes from Beth Galvin with Fox. You may ask your question.
Beth Galvin: Hi, Dr. Schuchat, thank you for taking my call. I was wondering if you could talk about the hypothesis that older adults might have been exposed to the strain of flu, is this the 77 flu? The 57 flu? What are you thinking?
Anne Schuchat: I think one possibility is that older people might have been exposed to H1N1 strains a long time ago that might have some relation to the strain we're seeing now. Our virologists have compared it to all these other strains and this is really different. This is not a close, genetic relative of any of the H1N1s that have been a problem in people, but the immunologic characteristics might be different than the genetic characteristics and so it would be very great if older people had been exposed to some H1N1 a long time ago that had some relationship with this one immunologically and that might lead to that pre-existing immune they we hope is there, but we're not sure is there. So we don't have a particular virus that we're thinking about because the genetic characteristics are so different, but we are wondering about whether there were some viruses around back in the '30s, '40s or '50s that might be immunologically similar to the one we're seeing now.