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Flu fighters: identifying, treating, and preventing the flu with help from ARS research.

Publication: Agricultural Research
Publication Date: 01-AUG-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Flu fighters: identifying, treating, and preventing the flu with help from ARS research.(Agricultural Research Service )

Article Excerpt
The first reports of a novel swine-origin influenza outbreak surfaced in the U.S. media in April 2009. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first detected human infection in mid-April. Over the next 6 weeks, human infections were detected in more than 40 countries and nearly every U.S. state.

Early media reports referred to the virus--now known as "2009 influenza A (H1N1)"--as "swine flu," a potentially confusing term for the public. Scientists initially concluded that the virus came from pigs because its genetic material was most similar to that of swine influenza virus. We now know that the 2009 H1N1 virus is a "triple reassortant virus," meaning that it contains genetic material from swine, avian, and human influenza viruses--a mix that may help the virus spread quickly and pass between humans and pigs.

For some researchers, the story of a new influenza virus infecting pigs and people was all too familiar. As early as 2007, researchers from USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) had been monitoring a strain of influenza that could...

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