I love ProMed

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I've just spent a very educational and entertaining 30 minutes reading all the ProMed links about the H1N1 virus outbreak. Fascinating - from "atypical pneumonia" to a fully fledged world-wide spread in approximately a month. Best bit of trivia - the virus probably didn't originate in Mexico, at least based on molecular typing. Most amusing side trip - gee, Egypt, you wouldn't just be culling pigs because they're only eaten/kept by the Coptic minority there would you?

Most interesting side-trip (ish) - Mutations in the common H3N2 strain occurring at a similar time to the H1N1 outbreak.