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Written on 2009-05-18 – 17:33 | by talk |

What is the swine flu?
WHO said that the swine flu occurred in a pig’s highly contagious acute respiratory disease, caused by swine influenza virus. Swine flu in

pigs in a higher rate of incidence, but a lower mortality rate, only 1-4%. Between the swine flu in pigs primarily of suspended particles through the air, directly or indirectly, to bring the swine flu virus spread asymptomatic pigs.
In addition to swine influenza virus, the pigs will be infected with avian influenza viruses and human influenza viruses. Sometimes, the pigs will be infected at the same time more than one type of influenza virus, the virus from different types of gene fusion, resulting in the so-called “recombinant” influenza virus. Typically, swine influenza virus has a “species specific”, which infected pigs, but sometimes across the species barrier, is infection.
Ways:
May be through contact with infected pigs or pig influenza viruses contact with infected environment, or with swine influenza virus infections occurred in contact with people. Of human infection with swine flu after the flu symptoms and is similar to ordinary people, including fever, cough, sore throat, body pain, headache, chills and fatigue, and some also suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, weight would be secondary to pneumonia and respiratory failure, or even death.
Etiology: Swine influenza virus from the respiratory tract caused by infectious diseases, who will appear after infection with flu-like symptoms.
Symptoms: similar with a cold, fever, cough, fatigue, loss of appetite and so on.
Spread fast: new variant of the virus, the human body has no natural antibodies.
Mode of transmission: sneezing, coughing and physical contact may lead to new type of swine influenza virus to spread among the crowd.
Susceptible population: diagnosis of swine influenza virus infection, most of whom died aged 25 to 45 years old, patients infected with mainly young and middle-aged rather than elderly people and children.
Personal protective measures are:
Avoid contact with influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.) or pneumonia and other respiratory patients; attention to personal hygiene, frequent hand-washing with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing; avoid contact with pigs or pig to have a place; avoid go to crowded places; when coughing or sneezing, cover mouth and nose with tissue paper, tissue paper and then thrown into the trash; such as influenza-like symptoms outside (fever, cough, runny nose, etc.), should immediately seek medical treatment (medical treatment should be wearing masks), to the local public health agencies and description of inspection and quarantine departments.