China rebuffs new swine flu claim, says it isn't 'pandemic'

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A ministry analysis concludes the sampling of the study is too small to be representative. FMTNews China Flu Virus Animal

The published article lacks adequate evidence to show the G4 virus has become the dominant strain among pigs.

That study, by a team of Chinese scientists and published by the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , warned that a new swine flu virus, named G4, has become more infectious to humans and could become a potential “pandemic virus”. An analysis by the ministry concluded that sampling of the published study is too small to be representative, while the article lacks adequate evidence to show the G4 virus has become the dominant strain among pigs.

 

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