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See the related links section below for links to photos and illustrations of the H1N1 virus.

The Swine Flu viruses (including Novel H1N1 2009 Swine Flu) are very similar in structure to all Influenza Type A viruses. They are also very similar in size to most viruses.

They are about 1/100th the size of bacteria. Most are "nano" size and too minuscule to be seen with a regular light microscope, so electron microscopes need to be used to visualize the virus particles.

When measured they have a diameter of 10 to 300 nanometers. The nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter, or one millionth of a millimeter.

More about the organism:

The Pandemic 2009 A/H1N1 virus is an RNA/negative-sense ssRNA virus. The taxonomy/classification is:

* Order: Mononegavirales

* Family: Orthomyxoviridae

* Genus/Genera: Influenzavirus A

* Species/Type: Influenza A virus

* Serotype: H1N1

It's virions are enveloped like all Influenza A viruses and can be in the form of filaments or spherical, with 8 single strands containing the genome. The capsid surface proteins are H (hemagglutinin) and N (neuraminidase).

The nomenclature, for example, of the particular seed stock used for the 2009 Pandemic flu vaccine production was A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like virus.

Virus type A/Geographic location California/Strain number 7/

Year of Isolation 2009/Subtype (H1N1)sense V-like (negative-sense ssRNA) virus

The swine flu viruses (including A- H1N1 2009 Swine Flu) are very similar in structure to all Influenza Type A viruses. They are also very similar in size to most viruses.

They are about 1/100th the size of bacteria. Most are "nano" size and too miniscule to be seen with a regular light microscope, so electron microscopes need to be used to visualize the virus particles (see electron photograph images in related link section).

When measured they have a diameter of 10 to 300 nanometers. The nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter, or one millionth of a millimeter.

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