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Originally Posted by feeler
Not conclusive evidence, Paramartasaya. Samples are typically sent to the labs to be cultured and analyzed.
Though CDC has a lot of explaining to do on why this (A)H1N1 has the DNA segments of:
1. North American swine
2. European swine
3. Asian swine
5. H5N1
6. Human flu
-feeler
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It seems an explanation has emerged... it's a sneaky virus.
'Sneaky' virus remains a threat
H1N1 flu has likely been undetected for years
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/...782/story.html
... An international team of researchers who analyzed all eight genes of the new virus confirmed its sneakiness, saying it was so different from its ancestral strains that it must have been circulating undetected for years.
They confirmed it is a hybrid of two other mixtures--one a so-called triple mix of pig, bird and human viruses, and another group of swine viruses from Europe and Asia.
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The U.S. Health and Human Services Department said it was setting aside $1 billion to help companies develop a vaccine against the new strain.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the money will be used for clinical studies over the summer and for production of vaccine ingredients for the government's stockpile.
Companies approved to sell flu shots in the United States are Sanofi-Aventis SA, Novartis AG, GlaxoSmithKline PLC and CSL Ltd. AstraZeneca unit Medimmune also sells a nasal spray flu vaccine.
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