Swine+Flu

= Swine Flu =

==Introduction: ==

﻿ The swine flu is a viral disease that attacks the pig, but it is occasionally transmitted to humans.
====﻿It has appeared first in 1918 in Mexico and United States of America. Swine influenza which is called pig influenza, swine flu, dog flu and pig flu is an infectious disease caused by any virus belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae which is endemic in populations pig. ====

There are two main types of influenza:

 * ====Influenza A ====
 * ====Influenza C ====

Influenza A
====Swine influenza is known to be caused by influenza A subtypes H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3. These five type of A influenza are the most common strains worldwide. The H3N2 viruses are closely related to human H3N2 viruses. Influenza A infects human, other mammal and bird, but influenza B infect human and seal. ==== 

It is a virus belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae which includes the viruses causing the flu.
====It has been confirmed that influenza C virus infect humans and pigs, but do not infect birds. However, influenza type C is not very common in comparison with influenza A virus and influenza B virus, but it can becomes severe and cause epidemics premises. ====

History of Swine Flu:
====Swine influenza was first discovered and proposed to be a disease by scientist related to human influenza.  ====

Transmissioin:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Transmission Between Pigs:
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Antibody is common is pigs ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Direct transmission(between infected and uninfected pigs) especially, animal transportaion, touching nose, dried m[[image:http://muslimmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/captphoto_1241006622862-1-0-354x331-custom.jpg align="right" caption="captphoto_1241006622862-1-0" link="http://muslimmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/captphoto_1241006622862-1-0.jpg"]]ucus, and air born transmission as coughing and sneezing ====

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%;">Transmission Between Humans:
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">People who work with poultry and swine(zoonotic infectious) as handling ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Meat processing workers ====

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">Epidemiology:
====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">British Columbia, Calfornia, Ohio, New York, Neva Sectia, Texas, Mexico City, Kamsas, Paris, Lancrkshire, Scotland, Albacete, Spain, Geneva, Switzerland, Netanya Israel, Ziyang Sichuan Province, Taipei, Auckland, Canada, Aisa, and HSW ====



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">Swine Flu High Risk Groups:
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Swine flu does not affect easily the human population. People who thought to be at risk for serious life-threating infections are a little different and could include of: ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">It is important to keep in mind that unlike seasonal flu, more than half of the hospitalizations and a quarter of the deaths from swine flu are in young people under the age of 25. ====
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">pregnant woman
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Children under age 2 years old ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">People with chronic medical problems. Such as chronic lung disease, asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and immunosuppression. ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Children and adults with obesity ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Those who are working with poultry and pigs, ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Especially, those individuals who are heavily exposed to this type of animal ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Who they are at higher risk of infection if they carry any viral strain that is also capable to infect humans. ====



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">According to the world health organization, like seasonal flu, symptoms of swine flu infections could include of:
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">In humans:
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Fever, which is usually high ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Cough ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Runny nose or stuffy nose ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Sore throat ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Headache and body ache ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Chills ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Fatigue or tiredness, which can be extreme ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Diarrhoea ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Vomiting, sometimes, but more commonly seen than with seasonal flu ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Nausea ====

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">In porks:


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Diarrhoea
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Coughing
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Sore throat
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Sneezing
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Fever
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Weight lose and etc...

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">Prevention:
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">There are many ways to prevent from swine flu disease as follow:



<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">In swine:

 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">rest ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Supportive care ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Vaccination ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Animal management techniques ====
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Antibiotics ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">In humans:

 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Supportive care at home or hospital ====
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Focus on fever
 * ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Antiviruses drugs like Zanamivir (Relenza) and Osetlamivir (Tamiflu) Osetlamivir . ====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">Swin Flu review Clip :
====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">It is about the history of swine Flu and its etiology. There are several type of animals which carry the influenza viruses such as pigs, seals, horses, and dogs. The surface of influenza viruses are rough with several spikes ( H & N spikes).The shape of virus changes after cell infection. Infected patient makes antibody against virus which binds to to the H1N1 viruses. ====

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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">Conclusion: ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Swine flu is a viral infection which has found in pigs at first, but scientists have found it in other animals too. Direct contamination is main way of its transmission between infected animals and humans. Swine Flu is more common in some of the geographical regions like Mexico. There are three ways of protecting and preventing from this disease. ====
 * 1) ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Role of drugs and vaccines ====
 * 2) ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Personal hygiene is important ====
 * 3) ====<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Public health action needed ====

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|http://www.cdc.gov/flu/ Flu]cdc.gov
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 280%;">References: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">wikipedia

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