Russian doctors have received information that the swine flu virus H1N1 mutated. The people of the United States have discovered a new H3N2 virus.
Said head Rosspotrebstandarta, state sanitary doctor, Gennady Onishchenko, Russia.
"We got a message that alarming information on the paging system of the World Health Organization - that in the U.S. for two people the virus H3N2», - said Onishchenko.
According to him, "a mutation Influenza swine origin.
As reported by TSN, Onishchenko also said that the new flu is a triple-reassortant - consists of just three pieces of viruses that had previously been circulated. "It consists of three pieces of old viruses. But it is different in genetic structure. We are studying this information, "- said Onishchenko.
Earlier, doctors said that the swine flu outbreak in the Northern Hemisphere, which was marked last winter, has not experienced a dangerous mutation.
According to Onishchenko, the first of a new influenza detected in the seven-month baby in the U.S. in Illinois, the second - a 46-year-old man in Pennsylvania. Onishchenko also said that Russian doctors will ask the U.S. experts about the new virus.
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