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Topic: Dangerous Pig Virus?Posted By: Technophobe
Subject: Dangerous Pig Virus?
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 3:19pm
Pig virus which is potential threat to humans has scientists worried
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/" rel="nofollow - UK News | Published:
A Sars-like vomiting bug that infects pigs has been shown to jump between species including chickens, cats and humans.
A recently identified pig virus could pose a potentially lethal threat to human populations, research suggests.
Lab
tests show that porcine deltacoronavirus, first detected in China in
2012, readily jumps between the cells of different species including
humans.
Professor Linda Saif, who took part in the US
study at Ohio State University, said: “We’re very concerned about
emerging coronaviruses and worry about the harm they can do to animals
and their potential to jump to humans.”
When first identified in pigs in China, porcine deltacoronavirus was not associated with disease.
Then
in 2014 it was found to be the cause of a diarrhoea outbreak among pigs
in Ohio, US. Since then the virus has shown up in pigs in various
countries.
Young infected pigs experience acute diarrhoea and vomiting and may die.
The
new research, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, shows how the virus targets a specific receptor
molecule on the surface of cells lining the airways and digestive tract.
Read
more at
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/05/14/pig-virus-which-is-potential-threat-to-humans-has-scientists-worried/#oDg6d1iQ4zXIYjZa.99 My source: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/05/14/pig-virus-which-is-potential-threat-to-humans-has-scientists-worried/" rel="nofollow - https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/05/14/pig-virus-which-is-potential-threat-to-humans-has-scientists-worried/
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Replies: Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 6:52pm
Oh please get a cure for this I hate to vomit! A horrible way to go!
Posted By: CRS, DrPH
Date Posted: May 14 2018 at 9:58pm
SARS was a coronavirus....so is MERS. Not surprising.