Swine flu, non-pig’s fault
Posted on August 30, 2009
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Is the global spread of influenza viruses make people hear “Pig” pale.
Vallat Director-General of the World Organization for Animal Health said: The flu outbreak is a combination of a variety of viruses, at present only from person to person transmission is not, as commonly thought caused entirely by the pig.
”Do not let” swine flu “scare you”
Vallat Director-General of the World Organization for Animal Health, said the so-called swine flu virus is a mixture of a variety of viruses, which focused on the swine flu, human flu and avian influenza and other viral characteristics.
Although the swine influenza virus in which to play a certain role, but the real swine influenza rarely transmitted to humans.
In addition, the so-called swine influenza and avian influenza are also very different.
Avian influenza in the final analysis, or animal disease, and rarely spread from person to person.
Vallat said that now that people can do is come up with such a source of influenza viruses.
The study found that, as at present, pigs and other animals have not found this virus, indicating the virus is not transmitted to pigs and other animals, humans.
Therefore, to prevent this disease can only start from the person to prevent contact with patients and healthy people.
In the long run, people also need to find methods of treatment and the development of a vaccine as soon as possible.
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