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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (974)12/21/2004 9:41:06 AM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 1070
 
Mq, It looks like the flu has opened up several fronts. The situation in Sri Lanka sounds pretty suspect

recombinomics.com

and the 1933 sequences in H1N1 and H9N2 swine isolates in Korean pigs also looks real

recombinomics.com



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (974)12/21/2004 1:04:40 PM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 1070
 
As far as H5N1 is concerned, there are new outbreaks being reported for this month in Vietnam, including Hau Giang province where there was likely human to human transmission in August

recombinomics.com



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (974)12/25/2004 8:57:56 PM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 1070
 
The WSN/33 sequences in swine are clearly evolving

recombinomics.com

and WHO is taking much too long to invetigate and announce (the virus does not read or wait for press releases - it is merrily mutating and preparing for the Tet Offensive).



To: Maurice Winn who wrote (974)12/27/2004 5:27:22 PM
From: Henry Niman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1070
 
Mq, The coinfection study by CDC and WHO is back in the news again

recombinomics.com

However, their experiment has already been done in swine in Korea and the results are available at GenBank.