13 Facts About Swine flu

1.

Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is rare, and does not always lead to human Swine flu, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood.

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2.

Subsequent cases of swine flu were reported in India in 2015, with over 31,156 positive test cases and 1,841 deaths.

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3.

Swine flu contracted the illness after having contact with hogs at the Ross County Fair.

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4.

Standard commercial swine flu vaccines are effective in controlling the infection when the virus strains match enough to have significant cross-protection, and custom vaccines made from the specific viruses isolated are created and used in the more difficult cases.

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5.

H1N1 form of swine flu is one of the descendants of the strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic.

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Swine flu has been reported numerous times as a zoonosis in humans, usually with limited distribution, rarely with a widespread distribution.

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Swine flu was initially seen in the US in April 2009, where the strain of the particular virus was a mixture from 3 types of strains.

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8.

Swine flu died the next day, and four of his fellow soldiers were later hospitalized.

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9.

Swine flu outbreaks were reported in India in late 2014 and early 2015.

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The largest number of reported cases and deaths due to the disease occurred in the western part of India including states like Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat Andhra PradeshResearchers of MIT have claimed that the swine flu has mutated in India to a more virulent version with changes in Hemagglutinin protein, contradicting earlier research by Indian researchers.

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11.

Swine flu outbreaks were reported in Nepal in the spring of 2015.

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12.

Seven cases of swine flu were reported in Punjab province of Pakistan, mainly in the city of Multan, in January 2017.

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13.

G4 EA H1N1, known as the G4 swine flu virus is a swine influenza virus strain discovered in China.

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