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In 2009 (as of November), there have been 47 confirmed cases with 12 deaths world wide. The counties which reported the laboratory confirmed cases are:
- Viet Nam with 4 cases and 4 deaths.
- Egypt with 36 cases and 4 deaths.
- China with 7 cases and 4 deaths.
From 2003 to November 2009, the world total number of confirmed cases is 442 with 262 deaths. It is the virulence more than the spread that makes this influenza significant and that is why the World Health Organization has a reporting system to track the cases. The country that has had the most cases so far is Indonesia with 141 cases and 115 deaths.
Most of the cases have been in the Middle and Far Eastern countries. There have been no cases reported in the US or other Western Nations so far.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is not yet an epidemic, but there is a new outbreak in China at the end of March 2013 of a different and new strain that was not known to infect humans before. It is H7N9 avian influenza, different from the only known strain to infect humans previously which is H5N1. There have been two cases in Shanghai and one in Chuzhou, China as of Easter Sunday 2013.
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Where did Swine Flu break out?
Mexico! Someone went on holiday there and brought the disease back to the UK! All of the Mexican pigs had to be slaughtered.
Are the flu and Swine Flu the same?
No, Swine Flu is just one strain of the many flu viruses. Flu is an abbreviation for influenza. So Swine Flu is a type of flu, but all flu is not the swine flu, there are other kinds.
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 the flu shot cause you to break out with acne?
Everyone reacts differently to vaccinations, so, although it is not a typical or common reaction, it is possible, but unlikely that it contributed.
Is the Swine Flu the same as the tami flu?
Swine flu is a flu very similar to the regular flu. Tamiflu is a medicine that you take when you have swine flu or other types of influenza.
Which has worst side effects the flu or the flu vaccine?
The flu. One of the side affects of flu can be death.
What type of break in the skin do people with Swine Flu have?
Swine flu is passed from person to person on respiratory droplets from coughs or sneezes or from direct contact with the virus by touching nasal drainage or mucous tissues from an infected person. It is not typically passed through breaks in the skin.
What is the plural for flu?
flu
How do you spell flu?
That is the correct spelling of "flu" (the flu, viral influenza).
What are the different types of bird flu?
Swine Flu
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 get a swine flu shot will the swine flu disappear in a week?
The swine flu shot is used to prevent the flu, not to treat the flu if you already have it. To treat the flu, antiviral medications are more likely to be prescribed, such as Tamiflu.
