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If you are in direct contact with a deceased person's body, for some time frame after the death, viruses may still be viable and able to be infective to you. However, a virus does need the cells of a living host such as a plant or animal or human to replicate itself and once the cells of the deceased are unable to work for the virus this way, the virus will become inert and no longer infective. It will vary according to the conditions of the body how long the virus may remain able to infect another living cell and continue to reproduce. For additional information about how viruses can be infective from non-living surfaces, see the related questions below.
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Is Swine Flu contagious?
Yes, Swine Flu is an infectious disease and can be transmitted to others. (see Related Question below for details)
What are the risks of Swine Flu?
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What does Swine Flu cause?
The H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu virus causes influenza. The symptoms are the same as most other types of flu. It has caused millions of people world-wide to become sick with the flu and thousands of deaths. It is a milder disease than some other types of flu, including the regular seasonal flu that, while not the same number of cases like the more easily transmitted swine flu, the seasonal flu typically causes the death of more of those infected than swine flu has so far. In the US there are approximately 36,000 deaths from the seasonal flu each year. See the related question below for more on the symptoms and death rates of swine flu.
How are the Swine Flu and the black Death different?
The black death caused armpit swelllings, buboes, fever and death. Swine flu is basically just another form of the flu.
Have any famous people died from Swine Flu?
Brittany Murphy is the first known celebrity death from swine flu.
I'm don't eat pork so I am immune from the pig flu right?
No, you are not immune to swine flu. Swine flu is transmitted in the same way as regular flu - coughing, sneezing, touching, etc., not through eating pork.
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.
Has anyone in Pennsylvania died from the Swine Flu?
To date, there are no confirmed cases of the swine flu in Pennsylvania. The only confirmed death in the US was in Texas.
What are some internationals problem?
Swine Flu h1n1 virus mj death global warming etc.
Why is knowing about the Swine Flu important?
Knowing about the swine flu is important because it is a new strain of flu, resistant to most medications. Although the death toll is the same of the normal flu, it needed a new vaccine.
Is the Swine Flu in Oregon Salem yet?
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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.
