Flu Virus. The Swine flu
January 1st, 2010
New article published in Ganadería
The A flu or influenza type A is a respiratory disease that affects a large number of species. It is caused by a segmented virus consisted in eight fragments of RNA which encoding 11 proteins. Influenza virus belongs to the family Orthomyxovirus and genus Influenzavirus type A. It is a zoonosis of low intensity. Interspecies transmission is not a frequent occurrence.
