Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic. Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
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They also found that the G4 strain has the capability of binding to human-type receptors (like, the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to ACE2 receptors in humans), was able to copy itself in human airway epithelial cells, and it showed effective infectivity and aerosol transmission in ferrets.
The scientists suggest that controlling the prevailing G4 Eurasian-Avian like (EA) H1N1 viruses in pigs and closely monitoring human populations, especially workers in the swine industry, should be “urgently implemented”.
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