Extra Extra..................Swine no more!!!!

The World Health Organization(WHO) has change the name swine flu virus to A(H1N1).

It was reported that the terminology "Swine flu" has confused people thinking that such disease can be caused by eating pork. Also it was reported that such term raises discriminatory effect to the Hebrews and Muslim people who does not eat pork.



As per reports, the A(H1N1) virus is made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses – North American Mexican influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe – an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences.This new strain appears to be a result of reassortment of human influenza and swine influenza viruses, in all four different strains of subtype H1N1(Please see picture).

We hope we can survive this flu scare as we have surpassed Bird flu and SARS.