Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
Ed Rybicki's insight:
It is rather concerning that these guys did NOT have to make HA mutations to get their viruses easily transmissible - they just to make reassortants with H5N1 and H1N1pdm viruses. As could happen in pigs or poultry anywhere both viruses occur....
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It is rather concerning that these guys did NOT have to make HA mutations to get their viruses easily transmissible - they just to make reassortants with H5N1 and H1N1pdm viruses. As could happen in pigs or poultry anywhere both viruses occur....