H1N1 Virus
Swine flu is a highly contagious respiratory disease in pigs caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses.
Transmission of swine influenza viruses to humans is uncommon. However, the swine influenza virus can be transmitted to humans via contact with infected pigs or environments contaminated with swine influenza viruses.
Symptoms are cough, fever, soar throat , stuffy or runny nose, headache, body ache etc.
The sub-types are based on: The host of the origin, Geographical origin, Strain in number, Year of isolation etc.
In India, the past decade saw as many as 1.58 lakh persons being infected by H1N1 virus and over 10,000 succumbing to it.
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