VIVAnews - Amidst the anxiety toward the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, Indonesia apparently must become more cautious. A research conducted by Kobe University, Japan, showed that several pigs in Indonesia have been carrying H5N1 virus, known as avian flu virus, in their system.
The virus is suspected of being able to mutating into a new virus strain. The mutated virus may infect humans and is potential to become a new deadlier strain than one infected Mexico.
Yomiuri Shimbun, a daily newspaper in Japan, in its April 30 edition, reported that the new virus will become more dangerous than the avian flu virus which had killed more than 100 people in Indonesia.
Researchers from the Infectious Disease Research Center of Kobe University detected H5N1 virus in 52 pigs from a total 402 pigs taken from four provinces in Indonesia. According to the researchers, pigs can transmit the virus to birds and humans.
For the time being, the researchers are examining the virus inside the pigs' system that may infect humans under certain circumstances. "The result is very surprising," said the director of the research center Yoshiyuki Nagai as quoted in UPI.
Nagai also explained that the researchers are investigating the transfer process of the new virus found in pigs from Indonesia. "We need to be more cautious," he added.
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Translated by: Ariyantri E. Tarman
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