Researchers track recent H1N1 patterns in China |
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In an effort to explore the genetic connections between circulating H1N1 viruses in humans and pigs, Chinese researchers compared three new H1N1 swine influenza viruses isolated in the country with all human and swine H1N1 viruses from China over the past 5 years.
They published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Virology. They conducted both phylogenetic and molecular analyses during their comparisons. They found that over the past 5 years classical, avian-like, and human-like H1N1 swine influenza viruses circulated in the country's swine herds. They also found evidence of reassortment between H1N1 swine and H3N2 human influenza. Their data did not show a strong correlation between the 2009 H1N1 virus and swine influenza viruses circulating in China. Aug 21 J Clin Virol abstract Source: CIDRAP Did you find this page useful for your work?
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