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    Is The Swine Flu Serious

    Swine flu goes person-to-pig; could it come back?

    May 03, 2009
    Researchers say that the H1NI (swine flu) virus has passed back to pigs from a farmworker, and the question is whether it will mutate and come back to humans. If it does, experts say it could change the virus--making it either more deadly or milder. Experts say it is impossible to predict how the virus will change, but they say that swine-to-human virus transmission has happened before, and they urge the public to be cautious but not panicked about the latest flu strain.
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    What is swine flu?As its name suggest, swine flu is a type of flu virus that usually only affects pigs. Four different swine flu strains commonly circulate among pigs, and the animals get sick but... Read more »
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    Viral InfluenzaInfluenza, commonly called the flu, is always caused by a virus.Influenza, also known as the flu, is caused by a virus.There are different strains of influenza:Influenza A is the most... Read more »

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