Here Piggy Piggy! New Pig Virus Concerns.

in #science7 years ago (edited)

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A new virus is going around and it is starting to concern people in the medical field. Are you concerened or do you think this is just hype again? Leave a comment.

VIDEO FROM RT AMERICA

Researchers say they have identified a new pig virus that could be a threat to humans. The virus was able to find its way into laboratory-cultured cells of people and other species, a discovery that raises concerns about how a potential outbreak could affect humans.

CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA reports researchers at The Ohio State University and Utrecht Universityin the Netherlands collaborated to better understand the new virus, identified as porcine deltacoronavirus. Their study appears online in the journal PNAS.

Scientists say the virus was first discovered in pigs in China in 2012 but it was not associated with disease. It was first detected in the United States in 2014 during a diarrhea outbreak in Ohio pigs and has since been detected in other countries, as well.

Pigs infected with the virus can experience acute diarrhea and vomiting that may be fatal.

-From CBSnews.com, click to read more...

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