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China reports 8 cases of swine flu mutation
Source: AP

BEIJING — China has detected eight cases of swine flu mutation, a health official said Wednesday, amid longstanding concerns among scientists that the virus could change into a more dangerous form.

Last week, the World Health Organization said it was investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths in Norway.

But Shu Yuelong, director of the Chinese National Influenza Center, told the official Xinhua News Agency that the mutated swine flu virus found China has shown an "isolated" spread in the mainland, is not resistant to drugs and can be prevented by vaccines.

The report did not provide any more details, such as when the cases were detected and if they were linked to any deaths. Calls to the National Influenza Center rang unanswered while the Health Ministry did not immediately respond to a faxed list of questions.


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   Apparently, the issue at hand regarding this particular mutation and why it's really bad is...  Javaman   Nov-25-09 12:27 PM   #1 
 
Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-25-09 12:27 PM
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1. Apparently, the issue at hand regarding this particular mutation and why it's really bad is...
Edited on Wed Nov-25-09 12:28 PM by Javaman
the virus itself does punk songs sung karaoke style in the voice of Ethel Merman.

That would make anyone sick.

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