From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-01-17 04:19:16 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] current H5N1 strains
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/jan1608h5n=
1.html
Includes:
> "Changes in multiple viral genes"=97not just the surface protein known =
> as hemagglutinin=97"are probably required to generate a potentially=20
> pandemic influenza A (H5N1) virus," the article says. So far, the=20
> virus is not transmissible among ferrets or swine, and reassortment=20
> (hybridization) between an H5N1 virus and an H3N2 (human-adapted)=20
> virus did not produce a virus transmissible among ferrets.
It is interesting that current strains are not contagious among ferrets.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
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http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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