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Main symptoms of swine flu in humans [11] Direct transmission of a swine flu virus from pigs to humans is possible (zoonotic swine flu). [12] Fifty cases are known to have occurred since the first report in medical literature in 1958, which have resulted in a total of six deaths. [13]
Classical swine fever (CSF) or hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest) is a highly contagious disease of swine (Old World and New World pigs). [4] It has been mentioned as a potential bioweapon .
The strain which caused the 2009 pandemic - influenza A H1N1(pdm09) - now circulates in humans seasonally and is different from the viruses currently circulating in pigs today. What are the symptoms?
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu).
Unidentified individual from north Yorkshire tested by GP after suffering from respiratory problems
The pandemic H1N1/09 virus is a swine origin influenza A virus subtype H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic.This strain is often called swine flu by the public media due to the prevailing belief that it originated in pigs.
Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living in Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.
English: Main symptoms of swine influenza. (See Wikipedia:Swine influenza#Swine flu in Humans ) . ===References=== * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu) Retrieved on April 30, 2009