Global Health Seminar Series

Christopher Olsen, School of Veterinary Medicine. The 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been shown to be evolutionarily related to swine influenza viruses containing genes of classical swine, avian and human virus lineages. This presentation will provide historical and virological perspective on the mechanisms by which pandemic influenza viruses emerge and consider the public health and societal issues to be faced by human populations around the globe.