Genetic Surveillance Study Finds Flu Viruses at Two US Swine Markets

Jul 31, 2015

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Minnesota Department of Health, and the University of Minnesota has garnered evidence suggesting influenza A strains circulating at live swine markets in the US could potentially cross over to infect humans.

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