What if Pigs Recombined Bird and Human Viruses?
FRANCE - In 2006, the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which started in Southeast Asia in 2003, was detected in Africa, while a new influenza virus, H1N1, a disease successively referred to as "swine flu", "Mexican flu" and then "influenza A" began spreading in 2009, from Mexico to temperate zones, triggering severe flu infections in man.