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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 ...
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 ).
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, also known as the H1N1 virus, is a relatively new strain of an influenza virus that causes symptoms similar to the regular flu. It originated in pigs but is spread primarily from person ...
H1N1 flu is also known as swine flu. It's called swine flu because in the past, the people who caught it had direct contact with pigs. That changed several years ago, when a new virus emerged that ...
2009 swine flu pandemic timeline. Community outbreaks, June 2009. Confirmed cases by U.S. state, June 3, 2009. This article covers the chronology of the 2009 novel influenza A ( H1N1) pandemic. [1] Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths (and other major events such as ...
For the 2010-2011 flu season, the regular flu vaccine will contain the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine (as well as vaccine against the older H3N2 type A and type B flu bugs). The regular seasonal flu shot ...
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 ...