Not only doctors and politicians, but also economists have started talking about A/H1N1 as world threat. In their opinion, epidemic "walking across the planet" can become one more challenge for the national economies weakened by the crisis. World stock exchanges have already reacted to promptly varying news about the flu. The head of the Economic Researches Center of Institute of Globalisation and Social Movements Vasily Koltashov (the comment is given by the agency Kommentarii.ru) considers that panic reaction of stock exchanges to A/H1N1 outbreak in Mexico is quite indicative: players do not have confidence that the issue will not take a serious turn. " threat of epidemics is underestimated Meanwhile in the world in the conditions of the economic crisis. Incomes of workers fall, unemployment grows, living conditions become worse. In the majority of countries there is no reliable medicine, and the available one is inaccessible to most people. If the situation becomes more complicated, the threat can quite become a reality. The same situation repeated continually in the history", - the expert concludes. Analysts consider that damage level in economy will depend on scales and duration of epidemic. According to Vladislav Isaev, head of press-service of Investment company Finam, the first at risk are touristic and transport companies. "Crisis threatens with decrease in a volume of passenger traffic in a direction of the infected regions and possible decrease in a cargo transportation, first of all food. Also decrease in transportations can have a negative impact on oil quotes, incomes of aviabuilding and ship-building companies, and on metallurgy. However, if epidemic does not grow, decrease in one directions can be compensated by its growth in others". Experts also assume that in case of epidemic growth, undoubtedly, demand for medicines and their prices can seriously raise. Home-produced pork can also become more expensive. We remind that the interdiction for delivery of pork from the countries, unsuccessful on this virus is now in force. Restrictions on delivery of mixed fodders can be introduced in the near future. Full switchover to home-produced mixed fodders, experts consider, can result in a rise of prices for meat. Artem Krasnov