Еще раз о “свином” гриппе (H1N1 flu virus)
May. 4th, 2009 07:12 pmНашел интересную, на мой взгляд, статью в Newsweek о “свином” гриппе.
Статья большая. К сожалению, на английском.
Несколько выдержек из статьи:
“…In 2006 the American Association of Swine Veterinarians reported that humans were passing their H1N1 viruses to pigs, causing widespread illness in swine herds, especially in the American Midwest. A year later at a county fair in Ohio an outbreak occurred, sickening many of the pigs, but not their human handlers. The cause was a type of H1N1 that was a close match to the Wisconsin strain, and may have been spread from human to pig…”
И, еще немного..
“…Something was changing. Pigs notoriously eat just about anything thrown their way, and rub up against each other frequently, readily passing infections within herds. Their stomachs are remarkably tolerant environs for microbes, which since ancient times have caused illness in humans who dined on raw or undercooked pork. Investigation of the 1918 influenza pandemic, which is now estimated to have killed up to 100 million people worldwide in 18 months, revealed that the viral culprit was a type H1N1 human flu that had infected pigs, and then circulated back to humans…”
Ссылка — здесь.
Нашел ссылку на русском о “свином” гриппе. Ссылка из Википедии.
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Date: 2009-05-05 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-05 03:42 am (UTC)Там -- кризис. Как и везде, впрочем.
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Date: 2009-05-05 10:04 am (UTC)Антон, я выложил скан рецензии усебя в ЖЖ. Можете почитать. К сожалению, не смотря на мои уговоры - ссылку на жж не дали, говорят, не рекламный раздел!
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Date: 2009-05-05 07:33 am (UTC)