1.   Hoof-and-mouth disease did not infect pigs at a local meat processor Friday.

2.   Scientists think this often occurs when a flu virus from a bird and one from a human simultaneously infect a pig.

3.   Authorities had initially identified the disease as Japanese Encephalitis, which infects pigs and can be transmitted to humans through the bite of the Culex mosquito.

4.   Health officials had initially identified the disease as Japanese Encephalitis, which infects pigs and can be transmitted to humans through the bite of the Culex mosquito.

5.   It was not immediately clear how the pigs in Hoonhorst were infected.

6.   Most experts believe that genetically stable flu viruses reside harmlessly in birds, but that occasionally one of these bird viruses infects pigs.

7.   Most of the fatalities have been caused by the recently discovered Nipah virus, which infects pigs.

8.   The EU typically imposes temporary bans on exports from countries or regions where pigs are infected.

9.   The government had initially said the deaths were being caused by Japanese encephalitis, a virus that infects pigs and is carried to humans by the Culex mosquito.

10.   The Malaysian outbreak was initially thought to be Japanese Encephalitis, which infects pigs and can be transmitted to human through the bite of the Culex mosquito.