What is Swine Flu? How Does an Animal Disease Spread to a Human Host?

Posted by Queuebot in Science & Tech on April 27, 2009 at 1:07 pm

The Geeks are Sexy blog has a great post explaining everything you need to know about swine flu and how animal diseases can jump across the species barrier.

Have you been watching the news at all recently? If so, you’ve probably heard the term “Swine Flu” bouncing around a lot. While most people come down with the normal human flu at some point, it’s not really a danger to anyone but the very young and the very old. Why is this flu different and what does it have to do with pigs?

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