Cat diagnosed with H1N1 flu

[Mila]

http://www.news24.com/Content/World.../05-11-2009-09-11/Cat_diagnosed_with_H1N1_flu

The domestic shorthair, a 13-year-old castrated male, apparently caught A(H1N1) off its owners - two of the three members of the family had previously contracted the deadly virus.

"This is the first cat that we are aware of with the pandemic H1N1," said Brett Sponseller, an assistant professor of veterinarian microbiology who helped treat the pet at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine

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Poor Kitty

 

[Pilgrim]

Scary. If your cat catches it from some other cat and then infects your family?

Very scary.

 

[Kosmik]

Strange, isn't this not supposed to happen? I'm not a bio-genetecist but I've read somewhere that it is rare for a disease to go inter-species. It's already hopped from pigs to human and now to cat.

/me tin hat

Anyone considered this is a runaway viral agent?

/tinhat off.

 

[killadoob]

I am worried about normal flu that kills 30000 yearly not some flu that kills 300 people yearly.

 

[Arbiter]

I am worried about normal flu that kills 30000 yearly not some flu that kills 300 people yearly

No one seems to notice that.

It seems people like being afraid.

 

[Praeses]

I am worried about normal flu that kills 30000 yearly not some flu that kills 300 people yearly.

H1N1 has the potential to kill millions and to spread very quickly. Just give it a few mutations...
Avian flu already kills infants easily (in egypt if I recall correctly) but luckily it hasn't started to spread yet.

 

[rebel998]

Scary man. H1N1 really rattled me. But at least it reminded us of how important basic hygiene can be.

 

[killadoob]

H1N1 has the potential to kill millions and to spread very quickly. Just give it a few mutations...
Avian flu already kills infants easily (in egypt if I recall correctly) but luckily it hasn't started to spread yet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/index.html

Worldwide, the annual death toll from the flu is estimated to be between 250,000 and 500,000.