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Threat of novel swine flu viruses in pigs and humans

27 Apr 2016

The wide diversity of flu in pigs across multiple continents, mostly introduced from humans, highlights the significant potential of new swine flu...

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Map of the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009. The size of the dots is relative to city size, and the colours relate to the number of influenza cases, with green the lowest and purple the highest.

New analysis of 'swine flu' pandemic conflicts with accepted views on how diseases spread

01 Jul 2014

New analysis of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in the US shows that the pandemic wave was surprisingly slow, and that its spread was likely...

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