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  Re: Exactly what is it with swine flu that makes it so special?  
From: Sabrina Kilian
Date: 18 Nov 2009 06:06:57
Message: <4b03d551$1@news.povray.org>
Neeum Zawan wrote:
> Not even that.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu#1976_U.S._outbreak
> 



Compare the 1976 flu:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/256385557

with 2009 H1N1:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/268376601

Can you spot the mutations? The PB1 and PB2 proteins for both are
noticeably similar, since if I recall those are what define it as H1N1.
I haven't gotten through the rest or the proteins to look for other
similarities.


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