From: scott
Subject: Re: Exactly what is it with swine flu that makes it so special?
Date: 18 Nov 2009 03:13:47
Message: <4b03acbb$1@news.povray.org>
> IANAMD, but I don't think that's been true outside of Mexico, and even> there, I have my doubts that that's the whole story.
Heh I don't know, I haven't really been interested in it at all so don't
know any details. I just assumed it was the media making a huge thing out
of almost nothing (as usual).
From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Exactly what is it with swine flu that makes it so special?
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.
From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Exactly what is it with swine flu that makes it so special?
Date: 18 Nov 2009 06:28:04
Message: <4b03da44$1@news.povray.org>
> 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.
Of course, after I typed this, I looked up which proteins define an H1N1
virus and it is the HA and NA proteins. Not the PB1 and PB2 as I
thought. Still lots of similarities. Now I have the urge to compare the
protein structure to the 1918 Spanish Flu, and see how closely related
they are.
