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From a July 7, 2009 Press Briefing by World Health Organization's Dr. Fukuda, he said that WHO has decided to call Influenza A, Novel H1N1: Pandemic H1N1/09 Virus (although, as of early August 2009 this is not yet being consistently used).
As you know, since the emergence of the pandemic, the name of the virus has been a difficult issue for many reasons. In the past, we have seen how the naming of viruses by location can stigmatize those locations and we have also seen in this and in other episodes where associating the virus with one animal species or another, can really cause both anxiety and then fears about food and in this particular instance, about pork. So, in recognition of those issues, what WHO, FAO and OIE did, actually some weeks ago, was to get together several of the experts who work in these organizations and with many of the laboratory experts who work with these organizations, and then we had a meeting - a virtual meeting - in which these issues were discussed and one of the things that we wanted to do was make sure that any naming of the virus was scientifically accurate but also would avoid any kind of adverse reactions to the name or to minimize those as much as possible. Based on those discussions, what the experts decided, calling this a pandemic H1N1/09 virus was a good way to distinguish it from the current seasonal H1N1 viruses and to do so, in a way which was scientifically sound, but also would avoid some of the stigma associated with other options.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agothey had to quit callin it Swine Flu cuz they didn't want to lose money from pork companies though the swineflu did come from pigs. the swineflu vaccine was meant for the pigs but they started giving it to humans
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∙ 12y agoThese influenza A virus strains are categorized according to the two proteins found on the surface of the virus: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). All influenza A viruses contain hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, but the structure of these proteins differ from strain to strain due to rapid genetic mutation in the viral genome.
Influenza A virus strains are assigned an H number and an N number based on which forms of these two proteins the strain contains. There are 16 H and 9 N subtypes known in birds, but only H 1, 2 and 3, and N 1 and 2 are commonly found in humans. There are also Influenza type B viruses.
See the related question below for a more detailed explanation.
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∙ 12y agoThe original name of the swine flu type that pigs got was H1N1 influenza type A. The nickname swine flu was more commonly used since only swine (pigs) got it. When that influenza virus mutated into the form that caused the pandemic, they originally called it also Swine Flu which was confusing to many, so it started being referred to as A-H1N1/09 to distinguish it from the pig type. See the related questions below for more information about the names of the pandemic swine flu.
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What is the name of the microbes that cause swine flu?
The initial outbreak was called the "H1N1 influenza", or "Swine Flu"
What does the H1M1 stand for?
The disease developed from Influenza known as Swine Flu (also Schwein) Edit: It is called H1N1, not H1M1.
Is H1A1 the scientific name for Swine Flu?
No, A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like virus is the scientific name. It is more commonly called A-H1N1/09. See the related question below for more detail on the many names world wide for this influenza.
What is the original name of Swine Flu?
H1N1 (Swine flu) was initially a disease of only swine (pigs), discovered in the 1930's. This influenza virus mutated into a new form in 2009, called A-H1N1/09, that caused a pandemic. It has been commonly called swine flu, too. The animal the H1N1 influenza virus has been named for is the hog (pig, swine). For more information see the related questions below.
Do you capitalize the disease name 'Swine Flu'?
Yes, the disease name "Swine Flu" should be capitalized as it is a proper noun.
What is the name given to H1N1 infection given by WHO?
The World Health Organization calles the infection H1N1 Pandemic Influenza. They stated out calling it a Swine Flu, but people misunderstood that, thought it was carried by swine and took inappropriate and unnecessary actions such as killing whole herds of healthy pigs.
What is influenza A subtype N1H1?
H1N1 is a grouping of viruses that are subtypes of the Type A Influenza viruses. There are three types of influenza viruses that people get: Type A, Type B, and Type C. The type A H1N1 subtype of viruses are the most common cause of flu in humans (around half of all flu cases in 2006, for example). Some strains of H1N1 are also found to cause disease in other animals such as birds and pigs. The H1N1 subtype has been responsible for some major flu pandemics in recent history, for example, the post-World War 1 Spanish flu in 1918 and the 2009 swine flu pandemic (A-H1N1/09) were both due to Type A H1N1 virus subtypes.See related question below for more information about the virus that caused the 2009 Pandemic: Novel H1N1 Swine Flu also known as A-H1N1/09 virus.
Is the Swine Flu an illness?
Yes. "Swine flu" is a shortened name for the H1N1/09 influenza, which is a viral infection that causes disease in humans (and other animals). It is considered an infectious disease that causes illness in the hosts of the virus.
What is Swine Flu in Hindi?
Swine Flu in Hindi is:सूअर फ्लू Which is pronounced phonetically as: "soo-ar flu"स्वाईन फ्लू की जानकारी हिंदी में उपलब्ध हैHowever, most people in India are still using the term "Swine Flu", instead of using Hindi. Much of the medical terminology acquired from English sources continues to be spoken in the English words by Hindi speaking people. The English Medical Terminology is often what is used in clinical discussions as well.Swine Flu is a confusing term in many languages now, since there are the original strains of Swine Flu that pigs (swine) get which is also called H1N1, and now the new human virus, which was originally called the 2009 Swine Flu in English among American medical professionals when it was first discovered in late March and early April, 2009 in Mexico.In June 2009, the outbreak had grown to pandemic proportions, and as more nations talked about it in more languages, it became known under many different names in English. Some of those names being used (correctly or incorrectly) to refer to the 2009 pandemic flu virus are: Novel H1N1 Influenza, New H1N1 Influenza, 2009 Swine Flu, Type A Influenza H1N1-09, Pandemic Swine Flu, A-H1N1/09 Virus, "Mexican Flu", H1N1, Pandemic Swine Flu and others in English. Some other names around the world include Schweinegrippe in Germany, la Grippe A in France, and La epidemia in Mexico.The World Health Organization (WHO) is using A-H1N1/09 most often now, to try to distinguish it from the prior strains of H1N1, such as the one that pigs get, and various prior human strains of H1N1 flu viruses (e.g., the one in 1930, 1976, 1988, and even the "Spanish Flu" in 1918 was also a strain of H1N1). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is using its coined name, "Novel H1N1" or Novel H1N1-09 Influenza which means "New" H1N1.To translate some additional commonly used English names and terminology for the flu that is spreading around the world into the Hindi language, these terms were translated using Google Translate which gave the following translations (see comments in the Discussion area for credit to the provider of the phonetic pronunciations):Swine Influenza in Hindi is :सूअर इन्फ्लूएंजा "soo-ar influenza"A-H1N1/09 Virus in Hindi is:A-H1N1/09 वायरस "A-H1N1/09 Virus"Novel influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) in Hindi is:उपन्यास इन्फ्लुएंजा H1N1 (सूअर फ्लू) "up-nyaas influenza H1N1 (soo-ar flu)"New influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) in Hindi is:नई इन्फ्लुएंजा H1N1 (सूअर फ्लू) "nai influenza H1N1 (soo-ar flu)"2009 Swine Flu in Hindi is:2009 सुअर फ्लू "2009 soo-ar influenza"The Hindi definition of a virus is:विषालु संक्रामक पदार्थ "vishaalu san-kraa-mak pa-daarth"
What are some diseases you can call the Swine Flu?
Only a case of influenza would be called swine flu. Influenza is a viral infection. There are no other diseases that are called swine flu other than various influenza viral infections. There is more than one type of influenza that has been called "swine flu". There is the one that only pigs get (or an extremely rare case for a human in very close contact with swine) and it is simply called "Swine flu" and it is referred to as H1N1. It is the original swine flu (hence the name). The first Swine flu viruses were isolated in 1930 in the United States in pigs. There have been other types of influenza viruses also called swine flu historically. The most famous early swine flu outbreak in humans was in 1976 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where four soldiers who were previously healthy contracted the virus and developed pneumonia diagnosed by X-ray with other symptoms of the flu. One died as a result. The virus was thought to have circulated approximately a month in the close quarters of the group in basic training but not outside the group, then it disappeared. In the fall of 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized for pneumonia and died 8 days later. A swine H1N1 flu virus was detected. Four days before getting sick, the patient visited a county fair swine exhibition where there was widespread influenza-like illness among the swine. The 2009 pandemic of Influenza A, Novel H1N1 "swine flu" was first detected in Mexico City and was made public March 18, 2009. It is most appropriately referred to as Influenza Type A-H1N1/09 to specify the exact virus (that is different from the prior ones). See the related questions below for additional names for swine flu and an explanation of the H1N1 nomenclature.
Is the Swine Flu a joke?
No it's not a joke. The proper name for swine flu is H1N1 Flu.
What is the name of the virus that causes influenza?
Influenza is caused exclusively by viruses in the Orthomyxoviridae family.Viruses are not true cells and are metabolically inert until they are attached or inside of a host cell of a plant or animal (including humans).
