Mixed flu strain in Mizo man

Researchers from the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) in Kolkata have spotted a classical case of 'sporadic reassortment' — mixing of genetic material from swine and human origin viruses — in an influenza A viral strain with H1N2 subtype.¹ The study supports the possibility of 'reassortment events' during influenza season when infectivity is high and two different subtypes of the virus circulate together in the same geographical location.

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