Influenza A (H1N1) Blog

Posts Tagged ‘ecology’

1. February 16, 2010

   Pandemic Influenza: the role of pigs

   Birds are important in the natural history of Influenza and flu, but there is another character besides us humans. The pigs.

   Our knowledge of Influenza in pig dates back to at least 1918 when it was observed that they could also catch the flu during a time when the human flu caused an uneven pandemic. In [...]

2. September 8, 2009

   Why do we fear influenza 2 – the virus

   In the previous text, I addressed why it is difficult to develop antivirals, here we will understand the characteristics of the influenza virus that worries us.
   Where do viruses come from and what makes them more or less dangerous?
   The virus that infects us may already be with us during our evolutive history, [...]