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Swine flu hid out in pigs for a decade, expert says

WASHINGTON, Sept 15

The new pandemic H1N1 influenza was circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade before it jumped to people, and much better surveillance is needed among both pigs and people, an expert said on Tuesday.

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