H1N1-Virus kontruiert aus versch. Stämmen

IanSobiesky, Sonntag, 26.04.2009, 10:06 (vor 5690 Tagen) @ Spartakus
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Genf/Mexiko-Stadt (dpa) - Ein in Mexiko grassierendes gefährliches
Grippevirus hat die internationalen Gesundheitsbehörden alarmiert. Nach
Ansicht der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) könnte sich das Virus
weltweit ausbreiten und damit zu einer Pandemie werden.
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Das in Mexiko derzeit grassierende Schweinevirus H1N1 setzt sich aus drei verschiedenen Komponenten zusamen, welche so noch nie beobachtet wurden:

Swine Flu Is Deadly Mix Of Never-Before-Seen Viruses

The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.24.2009

ATLANTA — Health officials are investigating a never-before-seen form of the flu that combines pig, bird and human viruses and which has infected seven people in California and Texas. All the victims recovered, but the cases are a growing medical mystery because it's unclear how they caught the virus.
None of the seven people was in contact with pigs, which is how people usually catch swine flu. And only a few were in contact with each other, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC officials detected a virus with a unique combination of gene segments that have not been seen in people or pigs before. The bug contains a human virus, an avian virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia.
Health officials have seen mixes of bird, pig and human virus before, but never such an intercontinental combination with more than one pig virus in the mix.