There are only three known A subtypes of human flu viruses (H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2 ); it is likely that some genetic parts of current human influenza A viruses came from birds originally. Influenza A viruses are constantly changing, …
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Global Health: Bird Flu Virus, Bird Flu Prevention
But why does the Times still use the name ’swine flu’? The virus is of swine-origin > but is now clearly a human strain of influenza virus yes, but “human flu” is ambiguous – it could be H3N2 or old H1N1. I call it mexflu. …
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Swine-origin influenza H1N1 as of now
Pets that are especially susceptible are exotic pet ferrets, pet cats, pot-bellied pigs, Micro-pigs, and pet turkeys. The ferret would be my biggest concern; the ferret is very vulnerable to the flu virus including human flu viruses
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H1N1 Alert: We are Infecting our Exotic Pets (BellaOnline)