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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.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoHumans, pigs, and birds.
The swine flu mutated from what was originally a flu that only pigs got. Birds had a flu that only they caught. Then when pigs and birds were kept closely together in over crowded conditions, pigs caught a mutated form of the bird flu. Then because pigs had been exposed to bird flu and exposed to humans with the human flu, there was what is called a "reassortant" where the various flu viruses combined and mutated in the pig to create the new pandemic swine flu, H1N1. See the related question below for more information about what caused the pandemic swine flu.
The H1N1/09 virus contains genetic material from five different kinds of flu: Bird flu, Human flu, and three different types of swine/hog flu, the Asian swine flu, the American swine flu and the European swine flu.
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∙ 15y agoSWINE flu..?? That would be a swine, dear (a pig)
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∙ 15y agoAny one. stay in shape and wash your hands regularly.
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∙ 15y agoWe don't know yet
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Is the Swine Flu caused by a virus or a bacteria?
It is caused by a virus called A-H1N1/09 influenza virus (aka swine flu).
Which kind of animal was involved in the origin of the Pandemic H1N1 virus?
The H1N1 virus, otherwise known as "swine flu" originated from none other than swine.
Is the Swine Flu a fungus or a parasite?
Neither. The H1N1/09 "Swine Flu" is caused by a virus.
Is Swine Flu a bacteria?
No. The flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria.
Pictures of Swine Flu?
Just go to a image search engine like Google Images and type in Swine Flu or Swine Flu Virus.
Why did they rename Swine Flu?
the official name for the swine flu is the H1N1 virus. At first, it was believed that the virus came from pigs, but now that we are convinced it actually does not, we refer to it as the H1N1 virus. However, it is still very commonly known as the swine flu.
What is a H1N1 virus?
Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. The "classical" swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930. Swine flu viruses cause illness in pigs, but the death rates are low. This new virus, although it is being called "swine flu," is not the same virus.
Can Swine Flu mix with another virus?
Yes. In fact the way the H1N1 pandemic swine flu was formed by the mixing of a human flu virus, a bird flu virus and a swine flu virus in a pig. When two similar viruses that are infecting the same cell exchange genetic material this is known as reassortment. They go on to form a new virus.
What type of virus is the H1N1 classified as?
It is a Type A Influenza virus with RNA genome.Also called Swine Flu, the 2009 Pandemic Flu, 2009 Swine Flu, and A-H1N1/09.
What is A H1N1?
Swine Flu is a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. The "classical" swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930. Swine flu viruses cause illness in pigs, but the death rates are low. This new virus, although it is being called "swine flu," is not the same virus.
Is the swine flue a fungus?
Swine Flu A-H1N1/09 is caused by a virus, not by a fungus. The virus is a Type A Influenza strain named A-H1N1/09 or also called the Pandemic Swine Flu virus among other names around the world.
What are 3 animal flu's?
All animal influenzas are variants of the same virus (Influenza A), but adapted to specific species or classes of animal. The main variants of it are bird, human, swine, horse, dog and cat 'flu's.
