New swine virus unlikely to infect humans: Chinese CDC
(WorldNews China)

Current evidence suggests it is extremely unlikely the public will be infected by the G4 swine influenza virus, a subtype of the H1N1 swine flu virus that caused the 2009 influenza pandemic, according to a statement by the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday. On June 29, Chinese scientists published a study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, stating that they had found a group of viruses in Chinese pigs, referred to as the `Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza viruses`. They found the viruses could infect humans and therefore were of potential...