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What part of Africa did the Swine Flu start?
Swine flu began in China. Pigs (swine ) live with humans thus "swine" flu mutated and transferred to humans.
What is swine flu?
Swine Flu is a new strain of flu that originates from pigs and can travel to Humans. It started in Mexico
Why do people say oink oink when they have swine flu?
because a swine is a pig and pigs go oink oink. Also that were the virus started, pigs passed it on to humans.
Are pigs to blame for Swine Flu?
Pigs are no more to blame for swine flu than humans are for the common cold.
What is the definiton of a flu that originates in animals and infects humans?
Diseases passed to humans from animals are called zoonoses.
What are the breeds of swine?
The breeds of the Swine Flu were pigs. They carried diseases which were unknown until humans caught it.
Are swine flu symptoms in animals the same as humans?
Only pigs.
Is the Swine Flu in Oregon Salem yet?
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What infectious agent is involved in Swine Flu?
"Swine flu" is a viral infection of swine (pigs). There is evidence that this virus is the same that infected humans in the 1918 pandemic. It has been labeled the N1H1. There has been controversy that the flu now is a variant of this 1918 flu. We are not sure where it started: pigs or humans? "Swine flu" H1N1 virus produces similar influenza-like illnesses. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue and some diarrhea and vomiting. The present H1N1 virus is not zoonotic swine flu, as it is not transmitted from pigs to humans, but from person to person.
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.
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.
Are pigs bad for starting the Swine Flu?
No, they didn't do it on purpose. They just got sick with the kind of swine flu they usually get but then that flu mutated together with the bird flu and some human flu strains into the Novel H1N1 (2009 Swine flu). Because pigs are very similar physiologically to humans, their genetic material was easier to change into a strain of flu that humans can get. This can only typically happen when pigs, humans, and in this case also birds are in very close physical contact, such as in a barn or barnyard. When you look at it this way, and since humans are responsible for keeping them in over crowded conditions, you might more correctly say that Humans are bad for starting the swine flu by keeping them all too crowded.
