When well-known flu strains 'hook up' dangerous progeny can result
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study finds that "sex" between the virus responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic (H1N1) and a common type of avian flu virus (H9N2) can produce offspring -- new combined flu viruses -- with the potential for creating a new influenza pandemic.