Preliminary evidence suggests that swine flu may prove relatively mild, though scientists warn against drawing firm conclusions from on-the-fly early research.
Wired.com has learned that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory computer scientists Jonathan Allen and Tom Slezak did not find similarities between swine flu and historical strains that spread widely, with catastrophic effect.
Their findings are based on just one complete sample and several fragmentary samples of swine flu, but fit with two other early analyses.
Taken together, all these findings fit the notion that more Mexicans are infected than was originally thought, that severe cases represent a fraction of the outbreak, and that mortality rates are lower than originally feared.
Researchers with the Great Britain’s National Institute for Medical Research say swine flu’s proteins suggest that it infects the upper rather than lower respiratory tract, reducing the damage it causes. READ MORE AT: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/swinefluglimpse/
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