H1N1 & Bird Flu Virus Produce Dangerous Hybrids

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03/01/11 - By Tan Ee Lyn
(Excerpt from article)
"The H1N1 swine flu virus is compatible with a bird flu virus that is endemic in poultry in Asia and they can produce hybrid viruses packed with greater killing power, Chinese researchers warned on Monday.

The scientists made 127 hybrid viruses by mixing genes of the H1N1 and the avian H9N2 virus in a laboratory, and eight of the hybrids turned out to be more virulent than either parents when tested in mice."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/28/us-flu-viruses-hybrid-idUSTRE71R7B120110228