UPDATE: Research scientists has discovered that the Swine Virus(H1N1) share one thing in common to the 1918 Flu virus. The infection of the respiratory system, the lungs in particular.
The researcher have realized with testing of animals that the H1N1 virus can travel through upper respiratory system to well in the lungs which may in lead to pneumonia.
“When we conducted the experiments in ferrets and monkeys, the seasonal virus did not replicate in the lungs,” said Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, who led the study.
The H1N1 virus replicates significantly better in the lungs.”
“There is a misunderstanding about this virus,” he said in a statement. “There is clear evidence the virus is different than seasonal influenza.”Said Kawaoka.
So far Swine Flu has killed 500 people worldwide and infected over a million people. There is a concern the flu will infect more people by the fall.
The World Health Organization says that all countries should prepare for the H1N1 Virus and stockpile vaccine. WHO believes that the Swine Flu is unstoppable.
The article is found the science journal Nature.
