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The surge was assumed by authorities to be "late-season flu" (which usually coincides with a mild Influenzavirus B peak [19]) until April 21, [20] [21] when a CDC alert concerning two isolated cases of a novel swine flu was reported in the media (see 2009 swine flu outbreak in the United States). [22]
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]
Ask any of the T-shirt or restaurant vendors on Santa Catalina Island what they think of Mexico's swine flu scare. You might just get the high-five sign. Five of the world's largest cruise lines ...
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).
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. The virus is believed to have originated around September 2008 in central Mexico.
Even as the United States grapples with an outbreak of H5N1 flu in dairy cattle, the World Health Organization has announced the first known human infection with a different strain, H5N2, in a ...
At least 61 people in the US have contracted bird flu amid outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows. What are the symptoms? What to know about highly pathogenic avian influenza, aka, H5N1.
A 29-year-old, who had recently visited Mexico, was being tested for a suspected case of swine flu. [56] Guatemala is checking all travelers arriving from Mexico for signs of flu and stopping anyone with symptoms of the virus at border crossings. [56]