Swain flu virus

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Overview The H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu, is primarily caused by the H1N1 strain of the flu influenza virus. More Information Self-care for the flu.

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Influenza Flu. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. Fortunately, because the virus was found early, there is time to investigate it further and design new candidate vaccine strains if needed. There is evidence that it can infect humans based on swine worker serology and occasional zoonoses caused by viruses with a related HA.

The virus was found to be transmissible between ferrets, which is taken as a warning for possible transmissibility between humans. Given that most of the world population would not have specific antibodies against HA of the virus the HA surface protein is only Possibly, but not likely.

Influenza viruses have been — and always will be — a problem to watch out for. Reassortment of viruses at the animal-human interface continues to be a serious problem.