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re: H1N1 to affect LSU's 2009 Football Season?
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:06 am to TheDoc
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:06 am to TheDoc
No, it isn't. The ONLY genetic similarities with a strain endemic in humans is the gene encoding an RNA polymerase.
The H1N1 is referring to almost the methodology of affinity and infection rather than a genetic semblance.
The hemagglutinin genes come from pigs in the US (and has not been previously observed in human infection), and the matrix protein and neuraminidase genes have also not been found in human viruses, except they come from European forms of swine flu.
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus.
The H1N1 is referring to almost the methodology of affinity and infection rather than a genetic semblance.
The hemagglutinin genes come from pigs in the US (and has not been previously observed in human infection), and the matrix protein and neuraminidase genes have also not been found in human viruses, except they come from European forms of swine flu.
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus.
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Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:16 am to LSUGrad78
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
You basically repeated what I said in more general terms.
And by repeated, I mean cut and pasted.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:19 am to LSUGrad78
If I understand correctly (which is always up for debate), there are a couple of reasons why swine flu has had WHO (and CDC) worried, and making large-number predictions
1) Uncertainty about how much/how the virus will mutate, and if mutations will make it more infectious and/or deadly
2) The spread of the virus in parts of the world that through a) high population density and b) lower availability to health-care and good diet.
So...will it affect the Tiguzz? It's possible.
1) Uncertainty about how much/how the virus will mutate, and if mutations will make it more infectious and/or deadly
2) The spread of the virus in parts of the world that through a) high population density and b) lower availability to health-care and good diet.
So...will it affect the Tiguzz? It's possible.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:25 am to LSUGrad78
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
let it be known that you are trying to argue with someone who is an expert on viruses.
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