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It is possible since the gastrointestinal system involves mucous tissue. In humans this is the tissue through which the virus usually enters the body. Any areas where infected pigs are kept can have virus particles on many things that you touch, and you won't have to actually touch the feces or the pig directly for you to get the virus on your hands. And then if you touch your mucous membranes in noses, mouths, and eyes you can become infected.
It is more often spread from the respiratory and sinus areas and their respiratory droplets from coughs and sneezes. Direct physical contact between the infected pig (or person) and vice versa by touching tears, saliva, or drainage from runny noses or where those fluids are sitting on the surfaces of objects and then touching eyes, nose, or mouths of the other is the way it is most often spread.
Additionally, pig feces could be a source of many other microbes including bacteria, so washing hands well after close contact with swine is very important.
What else can I help you with?
Where did swine flu emerge from?
Swine, is a type of pig, so the flu came from a pig
If you kiss a pig will you get Swine Flu?
it matters if it has the swin flu
Does seijun have Swine Flu?
Yes he is a pig
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.
Does Swine Flu harm pigs?
no the swine flu does not harm pigs, it wasnt even suppose to be able to get to humans just pig to pig but a farmer got it in mexico.
Where from did Swine Flu develop in India?
Swine flu was first found in huge US owned pig farms in Mexico.
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).
Whats the joke where the punch line is Pig-gy?
What's the difference between bird flu and pig flu? If you have bird flu, you need tweetment. If you have swine flu, you need pig-gy
Swine flu from which type of pig wild or domestic?
Its not from pigs.
Did the current strain of Swine Flu start in a pig?
It is not from swine, never was, never will. It merely RESEMBLES what swine have. There aren't any proven cases that it was transmitted from a pig or anything to a human being. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm
Why is the Swine Flu a national emergency when the seasonal flu has caused more deaths per year then the Swine Flu has ever caused?
Because we all know flu will cause death, it is new. also,swine lu began by farm pigs in Mexico, the farmer caused swine flu, it got to his wife,and to people. Pig meat sellers have started to wash hands and the pig before cutting,farmers cleaning pig patches. the died people amont is 58 percent.
Is there a bird with the name of swine?
No, swine means the same as hog or pig. The swine flu is called that because it was originally found in pigs. Bird flu comes from mostly water birds and poultry.
