Monday, November 03, 2008

Pandemic News - Disease-Bearing Aliens Flying to US

Bird flu coming to US via wild birds with no visas or documents. Serious stuff but could not help poking a bit of fun too.
clipped from uk.reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday.


They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains.

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