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How Antigenic Shift works in viral infection. This is how viruses (like H1N1) get passed between species.
Why is this important? A recent study in Africa showed that 89% of pigs in northern Cameroon had been exposed to H1N1 swine flu. It’s ground zero for an impending epidemic.

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How Antigenic Shift works in viral infection. This is how viruses (like H1N1) get passed between species.

Why is this important? A recent study in Africa showed that 89% of pigs in northern Cameroon had been exposed to H1N1 swine flu. It’s ground zero for an impending epidemic.

(image via Wikimedia)

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