Researchers Found Bird Flu In Pigs — Here’s Why That’s So Worrisome
Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of this, a virus infecting a new host species is like someone trying to win an argument by shouting at people in a language that they can’t understand. And this is where pigs come in.
Bird flu was detected in a pig, and it could be a tipping point threatening human transmission
A pig has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu in a backyard farm in Oregon.Pigs can host both bird and human flu viruses, which can make them a dangerous "mixing bowl."Flu season can also heighten the risk of mutations and eventual human transmission of H5N1.
Bird flu detected in a pig for the first time in the U.S., raising concerns
Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can more easily infect humans.
Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?
Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ourselves, could be a mixing vessel,” Davis says. If a person were simultaneously infected with bird flu and seasonal flu, the two viruses could theoretically combine to create a more transmissible strain.
Bird flu has been detected in a pig in the US: Why does that matter?
The United States Department of Agriculture last week reported that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon was infected with bird flu.
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Bird Flu in Pigs Is One Step Closer to Endangering Humans
If a pig infected with human flu got infected with the H5N1 bird flu, a new virus could emerge with parts of both. That’d be bad.
U.S. detects avian flu in a pig for the first time
H5N1 avian flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in hogs in the
Canada Detects Its First Human Case of Bird Flu
A teenager in British Columbia was hospitalized in critical condition with the disease, and officials were working to find out how the person was exposed to the virus.
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Canadian Teenager Hospitalized in Critical Condition With Bird Flu
Canadian officials have announced that a teenager in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu.
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Bird Flu Found in Pigs: Why Virologists Are Concerned
The detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in a pig on an Oregon farm has again raised concerns specifically among virologists who monitor infectious diseases. Although this might seem ...
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Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...
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What to know about bird flu recently found in a pig
A PIG IN THE STATE OF OREGON, NOT HERE, BUT IN OREGON, HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BIRD FLU. EXPERTS SAY IT’S AN ALARMING NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR A VIRUS THAT, UNTIL NOW HAS INFECTED ONLY COWS ...