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G4 virus
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'''G4 virus''' is a type of [[swine flu]] virus that is genetically descended from the [[Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1|H1N1]] strain that caused the [[2009 swine flu pandemic]].<ref name="New swine flu">[https://ift.tt/2Zr77pX New swine flu in China could morph to cause human pandemic, study warns] ''CBS/AFP'', July 1, 2020</ref>
[[Health in China|China]]'s Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the virus has "all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans".<ref name="New swine flu" />
Human-to-human transmission of the virus has not been observed, but 10.4% of swine workers tested were shown to have been infected.<ref name="New swine flu" />
Preexisting H1N1 [[herd immunity]] does not protect against G4 viruses.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3gaUkPf Prevalent Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009 pandemic viral genes facilitating human infection] Honglei Sun, Yihong Xiao, Jiyu Liu, Dayan Wang, Fangtao Li, Chenxi Wang, Chong Li, Junda Zhu, Jingwei Song, Haoran Sun, Zhimin Jiang, Litao Liu, Xin Zhang, Kai Wei, Dongjun Hou, Juan Pu, Yipeng Sun, Qi Tong, Yuhai Bi, Kin-Chow Chang, Sidang Liu, George F. Gao, and Jinhua Liu, [[PNAS]], published June 29, 2020</ref>
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[[Health in China|China]]'s Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the virus has "all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans".<ref name="New swine flu" />
Human-to-human transmission of the virus has not been observed, but 10.4% of swine workers tested were shown to have been infected.<ref name="New swine flu" />
Preexisting H1N1 [[herd immunity]] does not protect against G4 viruses.<ref>[https://ift.tt/3gaUkPf Prevalent Eurasian avian-like H1N1 swine influenza virus with 2009 pandemic viral genes facilitating human infection] Honglei Sun, Yihong Xiao, Jiyu Liu, Dayan Wang, Fangtao Li, Chenxi Wang, Chong Li, Junda Zhu, Jingwei Song, Haoran Sun, Zhimin Jiang, Litao Liu, Xin Zhang, Kai Wei, Dongjun Hou, Juan Pu, Yipeng Sun, Qi Tong, Yuhai Bi, Kin-Chow Chang, Sidang Liu, George F. Gao, and Jinhua Liu, [[PNAS]], published June 29, 2020</ref>
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