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There was a lot of worry about Swine Flu in 1976. In fact, the government made a vaccine and had people get vaccinated. However, there were a lot of bad side effects from the vaccine. And fortunately the swine flu never reached epidemic proportions.
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∙ 11y agoA new strain of bird flu (H7N9) was identified and reported Easter Sunday in 2013 to have infected 3 people in China. Two men in Shanghai have died of the disease and a woman in Chuzhou is currently critically ill with this strain, which is rare and never known to have infected humans before.
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What is the name of the deadly flu strain that was identified in Hong Kong and is spread to?
bird flu
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).
Can bird viruses infect mammal species?
It's thankfully not common, but it does occasionally happen. There have been brief, sharp epidemics of various strains of bird flu that have become transmittable to humans. That's one of the biggest fears of many epidemiologists; that some strain of bird flu will mutate into a form that people can catch. In fact, that's one of the major plot lines in John Ringo's best-selling military thriller "The Last Centurion"; that a strain of bird flu becomes an epidemic, killing billions of people.
How long does the nausea from the stomach flu last?
depends on which strain of flu you get. anything from 3 to 10 days most likely.
What is the code for the avian flu?
The name of the strain of virus that causes the Avian (Bird) flu is H5N1.If you are asking for the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, the new 2010 code for the Avian flu is 488.0.
How many birds die of bird flu?
As of April 2013, only 360 people world-wide have died from avian flu, H5N1, and 10s of millions of birds have died of this strain since 2003. It is rare among humans.As of Easter Sunday 2013, it was reported that a new strain to infect humans, H7N9, had claimed the lives of the first two people with this rare strain of avian flu. Two men have died in Shanghai, and one other person in a different part of China is in critical condition with this strain of bird flu.
What strain of influenza is the seasonal flu?
Seasonal flu vaccines carry an H1N1 component, an H3N2 strain and an influenza B strain. The H1N1 component is not the Novel H1N1 strain that is in the swine flu vaccine
Is there a new strain of bird flu H7N9 killing people in Shanghai?
Yes, on Easter Day 2013, reports came out of the first known human victims of a rare strain of bird flu (H7N9), which was not known to have infected humans before. Tests identified this strain of bird flu as the strain that has now killed two men in Shanghai, China. A third person in China,a woman from Chuzhou, was also found to be infected with this strain of "bird flu" influenza virus. She is reported to be in critical condition. These three did not infect each other or any close contacts.The previously identified Bird flu strain that can infect humans (H5N1) typically is not spread from human to human. It is contracted directly from infected birds and poultry, therefore, human victims have been rare. There have been only 360 confirmed human deaths from H5N1 since 2003 world wide, although hundreds of millions of birds died in the same period.The two men, one aged 87 and the other only 27, and the woman, age 25, reported symptoms of coughs and fever which quickly turned to pneumonia, and then eventually death for the two men.There is no vaccine available for the H7N9 bird flu strain. There was a human vaccine developed for the H5N1 strain, however, it has not been used or made available commercially so far. It is kept in stockpile in the US in case it should mutate to become more easily transmitted to and among humans and to be ready in case of a need for its use.See related questions for more general information about bird flu.
Can chickens spread parasites to humans?
No, Bird Flu also known as Avian Influenza,or Avian Flu can't be spread to humans. Bird flu refers to strains of influenza that primarily affect wild and domesticated birds. In the late 1990s, a new strain of bird flu arose which was unusually severe (highly pathogenic), resulting in the deaths of hundreds of millions of birds, including poultry. Although bird flu is contagious and spreads easily among birds, it is uncommon for it to be transmitted to humans.
What are the release dates for Burt Flu The Bird with Bird Flu - 2005?
Burt Flu The Bird with Bird Flu - 2005 was released on: USA: 11 December 2005
What is the future outlook of bird flu?
It is expected that bird flu will continue to be a part of human experience in the near and distant future. Aggressive measures to keep it from spreading are expected to be successful in containing it.
What if your dog has the bird flu?
Dogs are not susceptible to the H5N1 bird flu.
