Fosters Daily Democrat (New Hampshire), June 29, 2009
MEXICO CITY - UTMB's Alfredo Torres and Tom Ksiazek are quoted in this Associated Press article about how scientists are still trying to determine the genesis of the swine flu outbreak. From the article: Finding answers won't be easy: Time has passed and if people or pigs have been infected by similar flu strains in the past, their antibodies could lead to false positives, said Alfredo Torres, an assistant professor at UTMB. "There may not be any footprints to look at," said Ksiazek, director of the university's National Biodefense Training Center, who with Torres is serving as a consultant to the Veracruz state government. Ksiazek, who has investigated outbreaks of Ebola virus and SARS, suspects villagers were getting infected from each other, not pigs.