[HN Gopher] First H5N1 Detections in Swine
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       First H5N1 Detections in Swine
        
       Author : ctoth
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-10-30 19:31 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | ctoth wrote:
       | Why is this important?
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       | > Many influenza experts are concerned about enhanced zoonotic
       | potential for H5N1 viruses that might spill over and establish
       | ongoing infections in swine populations. Swine already
       | endemically carry many human spillover H1 and H3 viruses, and
       | pigs are prone to easily reassort viral segments when co-infected
       | with 2 viral strains. This potential reassortment between a
       | mammalian-adapted H5N1 and swine-human H1-H3 / N1-N2 endemic
       | viruses in commercial production swine is a potential shortcut to
       | a fully adapted H5 human pandemic strain[0].
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       | [0]: https://hogvet51.substack.com/p/california-h5n1-dairy-
       | outbre...
        
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