[FreedomFighter1013]

Thank you for the comment, but according to Reid, etc., published in Journal of Virology, Vol. 78, 12462-12470, in 2004, the 1918 Spanish Flu virus is more related to swine flu than Avian flu, based on the sample from Brevig Mission, Alaska.

Here is the paper

And here is the a picture of the phylogenetic tree: Larger version here Larger version here

Am still working on finding the new sequence.

[AdmSmith]

Yes, according to that article it seems that it is more related to the Swine subtype than to the Avian subtype. But that is not the general view, see for instance http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol12no01/05-0979.htm

It was probably multiple reassortment events that produced that virus.

[little jeremiah]

There was a discussion about this on PFI (Pandemic Flu Information Forum) the owner’s screen name is Monotreme, he’s some sort of scientist (I am NOT!!!) and he stated yesterday in answer to a question that newer info has determined that the 1918 flu was directly from avian, no swine. But I haven’t a clue, just trying to read and learn.