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None. Swine Flu is an illness caused by the pathogen known now as swine flu virus, A-H1N1/09 influenza. The illness contains no immune cells, nor does the virus. Your body responds to the presence of the virus with an immune response that sends your own immune cells to the area of your body where the flu virus has invaded. It is your body's immune cells that enter the "fight" and eventually get rid of the virus by constructing the type of immune cells called antibodies that are a perfect fit to inactivate the specific virus so it can no longer cause cell damage and symptoms of the flu. Your body then remembers the antibodies that worked to inactivate the virus so it can use them in the future if you are ever exposed to that virus again.
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How do white blood cells fight swine flu?
White blood cells fight swine flu by recognizing the virus as foreign and launching an immune response. Some white blood cells produce antibodies that bind to the virus and target it for destruction, while others directly attack and kill infected cells. This coordinated effort helps to eliminate the virus from the body and prevent further infection.
Is Swine Flu an organism?
Yes, Swine flu is caused by a microscopic organism, a virus. The same type of microorganism also causes the common cold, Viral "stomach flu" (gastroenteritis), and the seasonal flu that comes around each year, plus many others. Viruses aren't really alive like bacteria and other types of microorganisms, but it acts alive since it can reproduce by using genetic material from the host animal's cells. See the related question below for information on the different types of microorgansims (microbes).
If you do not have a spleen can you die from the flu virus the swine flu?
Anybody can potentially die from any flu, swine or otherwise. Those without a spleen are at a higher risk of developing chest infections (like pneunomia), but the spleen does not have anything to do with fighting any type of flu or whether you will die from it.
Why do you not become immune to flu?
There are many strains of flu virus, & they are constantly mutating; you can only become immune to strains of flu that your body has already encountered, or that you have been immunized against.
What is the influenza reservoir?
The different types of influenza have different reservoirs. To talk only of the types that humans get, the largest reservoir for human influenza Type A viruses (those that we see most often in seasonal flu and that cause pandemics of the flu) is the human being. In the bird flu that humans can get (Type A Avian Influenza H5N1 and H7N9), the biggest reservoir is wild aquatic fowl such as shorebirds, ducks and geese, but also commercial chicken farmers see it in their fowl, but less frequently. Influenza A viruses are also frequently isolated in pigs and horses. It is believed that the animal reservoirs are where most new human subtypes of influenza develop. This is true of the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu which started in pigs and birds before mutating to be able to infect humans. Swine have been demonstrated to have receptors for both human and bird flu viruses, and as such are considered a potential mixing vessel for human, swine and avian viruses. (For more about that reassortant process that occurred with the H1N1/09 Swine Flu, see the related question about what caused the swine flu.)
Can you get Swine Flu even if you are vacinated for Swine Flu?
In some cases you can. It just depends on what type of immune system you have.
Who gets the Swine Flu?
Most people who are not vaccinated against the swine flu or who have not had the swine flu will get it if exposed to it. Those who have had the vaccines will be immune.
Does Swine Flu get into your bowels?
It attacks your immune system.
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.
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.
After you had the Swine Flu do you still have germs of the Swine Flu in you?
Yes, but they are slowly being killed off by your immune system if you are otherwise healthy.
Does having the flu in the years 1970-1971 make a person immune to the Swine flu?
No!
Where did swine flu emerge from?
Swine, is a type of pig, so the flu came from a pig
Who is likely to get Swine Flu?
Children and adults with poor immune systems.
When the swine flu hits what do you think the percentage of innocent people die because the virus will attach itself to a weaker immune system?
The swine flu already hit in 2009. As of 2011, annual flu shots include a vaccine for swine flu.
Pictures of Swine Flu?
Just go to a image search engine like Google Images and type in Swine Flu or Swine Flu Virus.
Do most babies die from Swine Flu?
Not necessarily, babies are definatley a risk with swine flu being that their immune system has not fully matured so a flu shot might be an option if you are worried. Old people are also at a risk due to their dying immune system. In teen years you are most likely not going to die because of swine flu due to your strong immune system so they are not at a risk.
