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The people who originally caught the type of Swine Flu that pigs get, caught it the same way as the regular seasonal flu is caught among people, through contact with the virus that caused the flu in the sick pigs in their respiratory droplets from the pig's sneezes and coughs. That is the mechanism of infection of all types of influenza viruses.
If you are asking more how the swine flu virus from pigs became able to infect humans, see the related questions area below for the answer to what caused the 2009 pandemic flu.
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Where did swine flu emerge from?
Swine, is a type of pig, so the flu came from a pig
What is the origin of the name swine lu?
Swine flu was first discovered in people working with pigs. Flu is a disease that is transmitted in various forms among people, pigs, and birds. Sometimes bird flu is transmitted to pigs, and sometime pig flu is transmitted to people. What actually happens is that a pig has pig flu and catches bird flu. A chromosome from the bird flu gets mixed with the pig flu and changes it to a different type of flu. Then a person with human flu catches pig flu. A chromosome with pig and perhaps bird flu mixes with the human flu. The flu is mainly human flu but contains pig and bird flu chromosomes. It got the name swine flu because people working with pigs caught it first. Because it has the pig and bird chromosomes, people with resistance to human flu, have less resistance to swine flu.
If you kiss a pig will you get Swine Flu?
it matters if it has the swin flu
How did the pig get on the roof?
it flew ((flu)swine flu) lol
What is diffarance between swine and pig?
They are the same thing. as you know the swine flu is going around so its allso a pig flu i think
Does seijun have Swine Flu?
Yes he is a pig
Does Swine Flu harm pigs?
no the swine flu does not harm pigs, it wasnt even suppose to be able to get to humans just pig to pig but a farmer got it in mexico.
Where from did Swine Flu develop in India?
Swine flu was first found in huge US owned pig farms in Mexico.
What types of flu create the Swine Flu?
A mixture of the standard Human Flu, Bird Flu and Pig Flu. This creates a new strain of flu called swine flu (Influenza A H1 N1).
Whats the joke where the punch line is Pig-gy?
What's the difference between bird flu and pig flu? If you have bird flu, you need tweetment. If you have swine flu, you need pig-gy
Swine flu from which type of pig wild or domestic?
Its not from pigs.
What animal is the source of the Swine Flu virus?
Update: There have now been cases of swine flu found in pet dogs, pet cats, pet ferrets, and domesticated turkeys as well as in humans and pigs. Humans and perhaps pigs. Although the Novel H1N1 Influenza is a new strain without enough known about it yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) speculate that it could be transmitted not only human to human but also human to pig and back again.
