Alert: Two dogs catch H1N1 in China

Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for swine flu (H1N1) in the second case of animals catching the disease in China, according to AFP. The news comes 10 days after four pigs in China's Heilongjiang province were diagnosed with the virus. Specialists believe they might have caught the disease from humans.

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Norway H1N1 D225G/N Publication Refutes WHO Position

in Swine Flu Mutation, WHO Swine FLU. Here we report the occurrence of an amino acid substitution, aspartic acid to glycine in position 222 (D222G) in the HA1 subunit of the viral haemagglutinin, in clinical specimens from 11 out of 61 ... Such mutants were not observed in any of 205 mild cases investigated (Table), thus the frequency of this mutation was significantly higher in severe (including fatal) cases (p<0.001, Fisher's exact test, two-sided) than in mild cases. ...

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Evening Standard; London (UK) - Pig flu tests on first Londoner

April 28, 2009 --

A WOMAN in her twenties who recently returned from Mexico was being treated for suspected swine flu in a London hospital this afternoon.

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