Strain - variedad?

[Tomisimo]

Would a good translation for "strain" be variedad? Do you have any other suggestions for this context:

Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild.

Thanks!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Would a good translation for "strain" be variedad? Do you have any other suggestions for this context:


Thanks!

Tambien pienso que variedad es una buena traduccion, pero de acuerdo a Wordreference, parece que "cepa" es mas aceptado medicamente traducido. :-)

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Would a good translation for "strain" be variedad? Do you have any other suggestions for this context:


Thanks!

Variedad is correct. They're trying to get people to use "nueva variedad de gripe" instead of "gripe porcina" in Spain to stop any repercussions on the pork industry.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by chileno

Tambien pienso que variedad es una buena traduccion, pero de acuerdo a Wordreference, parece que "cepa" es mas aceptado medicamente traducido. :-)

I know cepa as ditch.

Originally Posted by Ambarina

Variedad is correct. They're trying to get people to use "nueva variedad de gripe" instead of "gripe porcina" in Spain to stop any repercussions on the pork industry.

In Mexico they're using influenza porcina.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I know cepa as ditch.


In Mexico they're using influenza porcina.

I think you use "influenza" instead of "gripe", isn't it? Don't you use "gripe"?

[poli]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I think you use "influenza" instead of "gripe", isn't it? Don't you use "gripe"?

Hispanos usan 1) gripe 2)influenza 3)flu
Anglos usan 1)flu 2)influenza 3) antes muy común -ahora muy raramente
la grippe o the grip de francés

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@David: I think everyone here is using both "cepa" and "mutación" for "strain". Maybe "clase" or "variedad" should be better translations though.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I know cepa as ditch.

I am sorry David, I didn't get that one.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by chileno

I am sorry David, I didn't get that one.

I meant that the only meaning I knew for the word cepa was "ditch" (zanja).

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I meant that the only meaning I knew for the word cepa was "ditch" (zanja).

I didn't know that!

Ah. It is used in Mexico.

Got it. :-)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I didn't know "cepa" could be "zanja"... but that's "cepa" is the word that's being used when talking about virus.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I didn't know "cepa" could be "zanja"... but that's the word that's being used when talking about virus.

Which one: cepa or zanja

There is a difference you know!

[lblanco]

La CDC en Atlanta
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/espanol/...cina-datos.htm

¿Cuántos virus de la influenza porcina hay?
Al igual que todos los virus de la influenza, los virus de la influenza porcina cambian de manera constante. Los cerdos pueden estar infectados por los virus de la influenza aviar y humana, así como también por los virus de la influenza porcina. Cuando los virus de la influenza de otras especies infectan a los cerdos, los virus pueden reagruparse (es decir cambiar sus genes) y pueden surgir nuevos virus de la mezcla de los virus de la gripe porcina con los de la gripe humana o aviar. A través de los años, han surgido diferentes variaciones de los virus de la influenza porcina. En la actualidad, hay cuatro subtipos principales del virus de la influenza tipo A aislados de cerdos: H1N1, H1N2, H3N2 y H3N1. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los virus de la influenza aislados recientemente de cerdos han sido los virus H1N1.

[lblanco]

Ooops, I pressed enter to quickly and didn't finish my post. What I was trying to say is, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta is using "subtipo" and "variacione"

Sorry if my previous post caused any confusion )