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The 2015 Indian swine flu outbreak refers to an outbreak of the H1N1 virus [1] in India, during early 2015. The states of Gujarat and Rajasthan were the worst affected. [2] [3] [4] India had reported 937 cases and 218 deaths from swine flu in the year 2014. By mid-February 2015, the reported cases and deaths in 2015 had surpassed the previous ...
The 2009 swine flu pandemic in India was the outbreak of swine flu in various parts of India. Soon after the outbreak of H1N1 virus in the United States and Mexico in March, the Government of India started screening people coming from the affected countries at airports for swine flu symptoms. [1] The first case of the flu in India was found on ...
The main virus involved in the global outbreak is as H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genetic diversification of which with other clades (such as 2.3.2.1c) has seen an evolution in the ability to cause significant outbreaks in a broader range of species, mammals included. [7] [8] [9]
In 2009, H1N1 caused the first global flu pandemic in 40 years, with the first infections detected in California. More than 12,000 people died around the US, and nearly 61,000 people were infected.
If an outbreak of pandemic flu does occur, its spread might be slowed by increasing hygiene in aircraft, and by examining airline cabin air filters for presence of H5N1 virus. [ citation needed ] The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises travelers to areas of Asia where outbreaks of H5N1 have occurred to avoid poultry ...
In 1976, at the first signs of an H1N1 swine flu outbreak in the U.S., public health officials quickly initiated a nationwide vaccine campaign. The shot, however, caused a small increased risk of ...
It happened again in 2009, when a human and swine flu switched genes, unleashing the H1N1 swine flu outbreak that killed roughly 500,000 people. Already there is evidence this virus is swapping genes.
An outbreak of the H5N1 virus in India in 2006 negatively affected the people living in the area, ... 2009 swine flu; Outbreaks. 1976 swine flu; 2006 H5N1 India;