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Why is the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus sometimes referred to as the swine flu?

April 26, 2017flu h1n1 Influenza referred swine virus

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Why is the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus sometimes referred to as the swine flu?

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The virus was originally referred to as the Swine Flu because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in the newly discovered virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in North American pigs.