Swine Flu (H1N1)- Pandemic or Bioterrorism

Current H1N1 virus has been found to contain a unique combination of genes from pig, bird and human flu viruses. This peculiar recombinant influenza virus is entirely new and has not been seen before (1). This creates an almost universal vulnerability to infection in nearly all people. Therefore, the emergence of H1N1 infection among humans presents the greatest pandemic threat since the 1968 pandemic caused by H3N2 (2).However, it raises one very important question-Is it an automutated or genetically engineered virus for some good/bad cause?. Beginning in March 2009, an outbreak of influenza in North America was found to be caused by a new strain of influenza virus, designated Influenza H1N1 2009. On April 9, 2009 it became apparent to public health officials in Mexico City that an outbreak of influenza was in progress late in the influenza season (3).On April 17, two cases in children were also reported in California near the Mexican border (4). The current outbreak of swine influenza A (H1N1) evolved so rapidly that as on 29 April 2009, nine countries officially reported with confirmed cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 infection. Of these