Ontarian catches H1N1 variant after close contact with pigs
OTTAWA (Reuters) – An Ontario man has been infected with an H1N1 variant influenza virus after having had close contact with pigs, the province’s chief medical officer of health said on Tuesday. H1N1 is a swine flu virus responsible for a pandemic that broke out in 2009, starting in the United States and Mexico and spreading around the world in six weeks. An influenza virus that normally circulates in animals is referred to as a variant virus when it infects humans, and is labeled H1N1v in that case, the officer, Arlene King, said. . . .
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