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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 ).
Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus ( SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus ( S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. [2] As of 2009, identified SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1 ...
2009 swine flu pandemic in the United States. The 2009 flu pandemic in the United States was caused by a novel strain of the Influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as " swine flu ", that was first detected on 15 April 2009. [114] While the 2009 H1N1 virus strain was commonly referred to as "swine flu", there is no evidence that it is ...
Swine flu made headlines in 2009 when it was first discovered in humans and became a pandemic. Pandemics are contagious diseases affecting people throughout the world or on multiple continents at ...
The way the pandemic swine flu virus evolved suggests that it is particularly liable to swap gene segments with other flu viruses. But so far, the swine flu virus hasn't changed much. That's good ...
Fever. Sore throat. Stuffy or runny nose. Body aches. Headache. Chills. Fatigue. Like the regular flu, swine flu can lead to more serious problems including pneumonia, a lung infection, and other ...
COVID-19 is more contagious than 2009 H1N1 influenza. This means that COVID-19 can spread more easily between individuals. It’s estimated that the R 0 for COVID-19 is about 3 while the R 0 for ...
The first two cases in the Dominican Republic were confirmed on 27 May. [329] By 7 June 93 cases had been confirmed, primarily mild infections. [330] As of 7 July 2009, 33 cases were confirmed in Jamaica. Health Minister Ruddy Spencer told Parliament that the country had been placed on high alert.