UF part of research team that finds equine influenza virus in camels
Dr. Gregory Gray and colleagues have identified the first known case of an equine influenza virus in camels. (Photo by Dr. Gray)
Dr. Gregory Gray and colleagues have identified the first known case of an equine influenza virus in camels. (Photo by Dr. Gray)
Examples included people infecting their pets with the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and farmers transmitting the H1N1 influenza virus to livestock.
A team led by Dr. Gregory Gray found that up to 20 percent of healthy-looking show pigs at a 2009 U.S. state fair were infected with swine flu.