Swine Flu (Swine Influenza-A (H1N1) Virus): A Review
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Swine flu has been confirmed in a number of countries and it is spreading from human to human, which could lead to what is referred to as a pandemic flu outbreak. Pandemic flu is different from ordinary flu because it’s a new flu virus that appears in humans and spreads very quickly from person to person worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring cases of swine flu globally to see whether this virus develops into a pandemic. Because it’s a new virus, no one will have immunity to it and everyone could be at risk of catching it. This includes healthy adults as well as older people, young children and those with existing medical conditions. Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) and Ralenza (Zanamivir) can treat the H N swine flu strain. 1 1 Swine flu virus is never before super flu virus but whenever three known virus such as a swine flu strain, bird flu strain and human flu virus combine with each other than makes H N swine flu virus which is not danger if 1 1 we take some protect against it such as a wear three layer mask on nose, wash the hands after coming home, not involve at place where big crowd attended.
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