• It also does not increase the risk of zoonotic diseases such as swine flu and avian flu. (indiatimes.com)
  • Deadly outbreaks of mad cow disease, swine flu, and other zoonotic diseases have stemmed from capturing or farming animals. (peta.org)
  • Three in four of the world's new or emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. (viva.org.uk)
  • What is more, swine pneumonia has a strong infectivity, and it also causes other infectious diseases, which seriously affects economic benefits [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • By providing breeding grounds for swine flu, SARS, avian flu, and other diseases, filthy slaughterhouses and meat markets threaten the health of every human being on the planet," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. (peta.org)
  • The EBRD together with FAO has been successfully working together in mitigating risks related to animal diseases, in particular the African Swine Fever. (fao.org)
  • More generally, this is just another reason for urgent investment in human and animal surveillance for influenza and other zoonotic diseases (a zoonotic disease is one humans get from animals). (scienceblogs.com)
  • Other recent zoonotic viral diseases, like SARS, that spread through some Asian countries emerged due to similar behaviours. (salarts.org.au)
  • The explosion of livestock production and intensive animal raising worldwide increases the risk of zoonotic diseases being transmitted by and through domesticated animals - poultry and swine flus being examples. (salarts.org.au)
  • Georgia 4-H is piloting an educational series aimed at teaching children how to help prevent the spread of animal diseases like swine flu, salmonella, E. coli and rabies. (uga.edu)
  • Growth can largely be attributed to the growth in the companion animal population, increasing incidence of transboundary and zoonotic diseases, rising demand for animal-derived food products, rising demand for pet insurance, growing animal health expenditure, and growth in the number of veterinary practitioners and income levels in developed economies. (marketsandmarkets.com)
  • Zoonotic diseases are emerging with unprecedented frequency. (udk-berlin.de)
  • Recurrence of zoonotic diseases, such as SARS, MERS, avian flu, swine flu, as well as COVID-19, spillover from regional conflicts, and these climate impacts all require investments in adaptation and resilience frameworks including early warning systems, water/energy efficient infrastructure, and technology-enabled systems in the public & private sectors. (jordantimes.com)
  • BSL-4 labs handle some of the most highly infectious zoonotic diseases, like foot and mouth disease and African Swine Fever. (fox4kc.com)
  • More than three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are zoonotic. (upenn.edu)
  • In response, Penn Vet has created the Institute for Infectious & Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD). (upenn.edu)
  • Learn more about the Institute for Infectious & Zoonotic Diseases. (upenn.edu)
  • Outbreaks of mad cow disease, swine flu, avian flu, SARS, MERS, foot-and-mouth disease, and other zoonotic diseases (those that can be passed from animals to humans) have stemmed from farming or capturing animals for food. (peta.org.uk)
  • Likewise, a study of scientific literature carried out in 2017 on zoonotic diseases originating in tropical forests concluded that wild meat does not constitute a risk to human health if rigorous sanitary standards are followed  preparation. (sei.org)
  • The infected pigs were tested as part of a study, "Swine Influenza at State and County Fairs," proposed by Greg Gray, director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa, to better understand the spread of influenza in places where pigs and animals converge. (hobbyfarms.com)
  • The center was established because of increasing interactions among humans, livestock, poultry and wildlife that have resulted in the emergence of zoonotic diseases. (hobbyfarms.com)
  • Schembri has spent the past year at Harvard studying zoonotic diseases, infections and viruses that can be transferred from animals to humans, such as bird and swine flu, rabies, and mad cow disease. (harvard.edu)
  • The Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED), long recognizing the increased global impact of zoonotic diseases on human populations, has been used as the foundation for improving national preparedness and regional coordination for response to zoonotic diseases in the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Region. (who.int)
  • 2 In this article we emphasize the effectiveness of these multisectoral collaborations in responding to zoonotic diseases at the regional and country level, using avian influenza as an example. (who.int)
  • Dr Hallaj supervised and coordinated efforts to combat a wide range of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, measles, parasitic infec- tions and zoonotic diseases. (who.int)
  • Antigenic Distance between North American Swine and Human Seasonal H3N2 Influenza A Viruses as an Indication of Zoonotic Risk to Humans. (bvsalud.org)
  • human seasonal H3N2 introductions occurred in the 1990s and 2010s and were maintained in North American swine . (bvsalud.org)
  • Swine H3N2 strains were subsequently associated with zoonotic infections , highlighting the need to understand the risk of endemic swine IAV to humans . (bvsalud.org)
  • We quantified antigenic distances between swine H3N2 and human seasonal vaccine strains from 1973 to 2014 using a panel of monovalent antisera raised in pigs in hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays. (bvsalud.org)
  • Swine H3N2 lineages retained the closest antigenic similarity to human vaccine strains from the decade of incursion. (bvsalud.org)
  • The assessment of postinfection and postvaccination human serum cohorts demonstrated limited cross-reactivity to swine H3N2 from the 1990s, especially in older adults born before the 1970s. (bvsalud.org)
  • The evolution of H3N2 in swine led to a reduced similarity to human seasonal H3N2 and the vaccine strains used to protect human populations . (bvsalud.org)
  • We quantified the antigenic phenotypes and found that North American swine H3N2 lineages retained more antigenic similarity to historical human vaccine strains from the decade of incursion but had substantial differences compared to recent human vaccine strains . (bvsalud.org)
  • Finally, human sera revealed that although these adults had antibodies against human H3N2 strains , many had limited immunity to swine H3N2, especially older adults born before 1970. (bvsalud.org)
  • Antigenic assessment of swine H3N2 provides critical information for pandemic preparedness and candidate vaccine development . (bvsalud.org)
  • Most commonly, Swine Flu is of the H1N1 Influenza subtype, although they can sometimes come from H1N2, H3N1, and H3N2. (projectswole.com)
  • In November IDPH determined it was swine flu, but not the pandemic H1N1 but a swine-origin H3N2. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Like the pandemic swine H1N1, which has a seasonal counterpart H1N1, this swine-origin H3N2 has a seasonal H3N2 counterpart. (scienceblogs.com)
  • September was when pandemic H1N1 was being actively transmitted and circulating in the community, so one wonders what would have happened if this swine H3N2 had appeared 6 months earlier, in virgin soil, without any competition from H1N1. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The approach was used to support CDC in characterising an emerging swine-origin A/H3N2 influenza variant. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The sporadic occurrence of human infections with swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) viruses and the continual emergence of novel A(H3N2) viruses in swine herds underscore the necessity for ongoing assessment of the pandemic risk posed by these viruses. (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we selected three recent novel swine-origin A(H3N2) viruses isolated between 2017 to 2020, bearing HAs from the 1990.1, 2010.1 or 2010.2 clades, and evaluated their ability to cause disease and transmit in a ferret model. (cdc.gov)
  • We conclude that despite considerable genetic variances, all three contemporary swine-origin A(H3N2) viruses displayed a capacity for robust replication in the ferret respiratory tract and were also capable of limited airborne transmission. (cdc.gov)
  • These findings highlight the continued public health risk of swine-origin A(H3N2) strains, especially in human populations with low cross-reactive immunity. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in humans the symptoms of the 2009 "swine flu" H1N1 virus are similar to influenza and influenza-like illness in general. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2009 H1N1 virus is not zoonotic swine flu, as it is not transmitted from pigs to humans, but from person to person through airborne droplets. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 1918 virus spread through the pig population, adapted to the swine and resulted in the current lineage of the H1N1 swine influenza viruses. (scienceblog.com)
  • For the study, the researchers used the 1918 pandemic virus and a 1930 H1N1 influenza virus for experimental infections in swine. (scienceblog.com)
  • Of them, H1N1 swine flu is the only one that seems to have gotten a foothold in the population. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Swine flu , now known as the 2009 H1N1 flu, is caused by the orthomyxovirus which usually affects pigs but viral mutations allows the virus to cross species to other hosts like humans. (healthhype.com)
  • What was originally called, and is widely known as 'swine flu' since April 2009, when a new type of flu was discovered in a human in Mexico, is now named (according to World Health Organisation - WHO) as influenza A (H1N1) or, with a long term 2009 pandemic influenza A, subtype H1N1 . (healthhype.com)
  • Although it cause a severe bout of flu symptoms, the H1N1 "swine" flu is not a serious infection and does not pose a major health threat to most people. (healthhype.com)
  • H1N1, or as it is more commonly known, swine !u, is a strain commonly found in pigs. (cdc.gov)
  • The relative contributions of these three modes of transmission to the spread of swine influenza viruses to humans are not fully understood. (cdc.gov)
  • Symptoms of zoonotic swine flu in humans are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness and include chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness, shortness of breath, and general discomfort. (wikipedia.org)
  • Direct transmission of a swine flu virus from pigs to humans is occasionally possible (zoonotic swine flu). (wikipedia.org)
  • We identified swine strains to which humans are likely to lack population immunity or are not protected against by a current human seasonal vaccine or CVV to use in prioritizing future human CVV strain selection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among the animals and can be transmitted to humans. (scienceblog.com)
  • From 1976 until 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received roughly one report every year or two of humans with Swine Flu. (projectswole.com)
  • Health authorities confirm that influenza viruses and coronaviruses are zoonotic (transmissible from other animals to humans). (peta.org)
  • Introduction The increasing incidence of pathogen transmission from animals to humans (zoonotic spillover events) has been attributed to behavioural practices and ecological and socioeconomic change. (bmj.com)
  • AIDS is considered zoonotic, i.e. started in one species and jumped to humans. (cnewa.org)
  • The work comes as a salutary reminder that we are constantly at risk of new emergence of zoonotic pathogens and that farmed animals, with which humans have greater contact than with wildlife, may act as the source for important pandemic viruses. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Zoonotic influenza viruses are viruses that can transmit from animals to humans, mainly avian and swine flu, and may cause epidemics or even pandemics, as in the past. (europa.eu)
  • Whether we're speaking of bird flu or swine flu, SARS, Ebola, or HIV, it all has to do with broken balances between humans and animals, generally caused by the latter being intensively hunted, bred, or traded. (udk-berlin.de)
  • Zoonotic", or cross-species infections from animals to humans, count for the majority of new human pathogens . (corporatewatch.org)
  • In another work stream on zoonotic viruses (i.e. viruses that circulate in an animal reservoir but can "spill-over" into humans), I showed it was possible to quantify the epidemic potential of the virus simply from animal exposure data (PLoS Med, 2013). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The influenza viruses found in swine can infect humans, although it isn't a common risk. (umn.edu)
  • In swine farrowing settings, hormone products used to induce labor in pigs carry a warning against exposure to or accidental injection by pregnant humans. (umn.edu)
  • The swine influenza virus (SIV) is another example of cross species viral infection which was previously seen with other zoonotic infections like in civets to humans ( SARS or Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome ) and from birds to humans as seen with avian ( bird ) flu . (healthhype.com)
  • Learn more abou t swine !u in pigs , swine !u in humans, and CDC's global prevention and control e'orts . (cdc.gov)
  • Interspecies influenza virus infections between people and pigs are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to pigs, such as in swine production barns. (cdc.gov)
  • People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infections. (wikipedia.org)
  • Surveillance can also identify human infections with swine influenza A viruses, which are referred to as variant influenza A virus infections. (cdc.gov)
  • This led to further incursions into remaining forest areas and to new zoonotic infections, which can then spread rapidly through high-volume markets like Wuhan. (corporatewatch.org)
  • Zoonotic refers to the ability of pathogens to jump between species. (salarts.org.au)
  • The tools and data from this work will also have broad relevance to other pig pathogens controlled by IFNs such as African swine fever. (usda.gov)
  • Studies have shown that contact between different species that would not normally occur in the wild has enabled the emergence of zoonotic pathogens  . (sei.org)
  • In addition to the discovery of the Ebola Fever and Legionnaires' Disease pathogens, another major disease event in 1976 was Swine !u . (cdc.gov)
  • Covid-19 - like SARS, bird flu, swine flu and Ebola - originated in animals. (viva.org.uk)
  • In 2002, a coronavirus surfaced and was known as SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) With a fatality rate of 11 percent, SARS was also zoonotic. (cnewa.org)
  • This has caused several cases of Zoonotic Transfers that have been responsible for SARS, MERS, Swine Flu, Ebola, and now the Novel Coronavirus. (salarts.org.au)
  • In the past two decades, outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, swine influenza, avian influenza, West Nile virus, SARS CoV-2 and others have occurred around the world. (upenn.edu)
  • SARS-CoV-2, like the viruses between other recent deadly epidemics such as SARS, MERS and Ebola, is presumed to have a zoonotic origin. (sei.org)
  • Unlike SARS and bird flu, swine flu has mutated to the point where the virus can now spread from human-to-human. (healthhype.com)
  • Oseltamivir is an antiviral drug that is useful both as a treatment and as a preventative meausure against many influenza type viruses including swine flu, SARS and bird flu. (healthhype.com)
  • He ably and firmly supervised the multi-sectoral efforts to address epidemics that emerged or re-emerged at the turn of the third millennium including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), avian influenza, swine influenza and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). (who.int)
  • Modeling risk of occupational zoonotic influenza infection in swine workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Swine flu infection causes symptoms that are similar to the symptoms of influenza infection as seen during the annual 'flu' season. (healthhype.com)
  • The fair setting was investigated because during 2005 to 2008, the Center for Disease Control and state and local health partners had identified a number of sporadic cases of swine influenza infection where the infected person had most likely been exposed at a fair or other public setting," said Jeff Bender, director of the International Cooperative Zoonotic Influenza Research Center (ICZIRC) at the University of Minnesota, which is funding the study. (hobbyfarms.com)
  • Outbreaks of influenza in pigs from infection with swine influenza A viruses are common. (cdc.gov)
  • During the pandemic, demand for furs by Chinese, U.S. and EU fashion consumers has set off few alarms, but COVID-19 outbreaks on EU and U.S. mink farms raised questions over the fur trade's role in spreading zoonotic disease. (mongabay.com)
  • In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is an evident and urgent need to regulate the wildlife trade to prevent further zoonotic outbreaks. (sei.org)
  • With the popularity of air travel, infected passengers from one region can easily travel to other nations and result in new outbreaks occurring in regions that were not prone to swine flu. (healthhype.com)
  • The current swine flu epidemic has seen gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea and vomitting that are more severe than previous swine flu outbreaks. (healthhype.com)
  • In addition, pigs are uniquely susceptible to infection with influenza viruses of human, swine, and avian origin. (cdc.gov)
  • Swine influenza is an infection caused by any of several types of swine influenza viruses. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study emphasizes that an influenza virus, which is known to induce a lethal infection in ferrets and macaques, is not highly virulent in pigs, indicating a potential resistance of swine to highly virulent influenza viruses," Richt said. (scienceblog.com)
  • Swine pneumonia commonly known as swine pasteurellosis is an infectious disease of swine caused by Pasteurella multocida infection. (hindawi.com)
  • Swine pneumonia, commonly known as swine pasteurellosis, is a contagious disease induced by Pasteurella multocida infection which is divided into chronic type, acute type, and most acute type according to clinical manifestations and the course of the disease [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • This may result in many cases of swine flu being misdiagnosed as a common cold or the 'flu' and if infected persons do not seek professional medical treatment, the infection can spread further in the general population. (healthhype.com)
  • As with any disease, prevention is better than cure and a few conservative measures can greatly reduce your risk of swine flu infection. (healthhype.com)
  • These strains of swine flu rarely pass from human to human. (wikipedia.org)
  • Swine lineages from the 1990s were antigenically more similar to human vaccine strains of the mid-1990s but had substantial distance from recent human vaccine strains . (bvsalud.org)
  • Additionally, pandemic preparedness vaccine strains demonstrated a loss of similarity to contemporary swine strains . (bvsalud.org)
  • Swine Influenza, or Swine Flu, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that originated with pigs and is caused by one of many strains of the Influenza A virus. (projectswole.com)
  • Tamiflu or Relenza have both shown to be effective against the recently reported strains of Swine Flu. (projectswole.com)
  • Subsequent cases of swine flu were reported in India in 2015, with over 31,156 positive test cases and 1,841 deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • From December 2005 until January 2009, there were 12 cases of Swine Flu reported. (projectswole.com)
  • Our research may provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of swine pneumonia. (hindawi.com)
  • Zanamivir , another widely used antiviral has also been found to be effective in the treatment of swine flu. (healthhype.com)
  • Minimizing the transmission of influenza viruses between pigs and people can protect the health of swine workers and is in the best interest of animal and human public health. (cdc.gov)
  • A third possible mode of transmission is via inhalation of small particulates containing swine influenza virus. (cdc.gov)
  • If transmission causes human illness, it is called a zoonotic swine flu. (wikipedia.org)
  • Swine-to-human transmission can occur via pig feces contaminated with Ascaris eggs. (ajtmh.org)
  • According to CDC there was "no clear exposure" to swine, nor was there any evidence of sustained transmission. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The current human-to-human transmission of swine flu is caused by droplet spread through the contact with infected body fluids as in saliva or mucus when sneezing. (healthhype.com)
  • Explore th e swine !u virus up close with a transmission electron microscope image. (cdc.gov)
  • No suspect incidents of swine fever investigated. (thepigsite.com)
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) today held a virtual meeting on African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Balkans. (fao.org)
  • African Swine Fever is a lethal viral transboundary non-zoonotic animal disease of domestic pigs and wild boars that has been present in the Balkans for several years now. (fao.org)
  • The swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, little information is currently available on the molecular diversity of these protists in swine populations. (usda.gov)
  • This information will be useful to other scientists, veterinarians, and public health agencies in understanding the status of taxonomy, epidemiology, zoonotic potential, and public health importance of enteric parasites in swine populations. (usda.gov)
  • Avian, swine and other zoonotic influenza viruses may cause disease with significant impact in both human and animal populations. (who.int)
  • HI assays using ferret antisera demonstrated that swine lineages from the 1990s and 2010s had significant fold reductions compared to the homologous HI titer of the nearest pandemic preparedness candidate vaccine virus (CVV) or seasonal vaccine strain . (bvsalud.org)
  • Along with the respiratory symptoms that come with typical seasonal human flu, Swine Flu is more likely to include diarrhea and vomiting. (projectswole.com)
  • Human caretakers must also get a seasonal flu vaccination to reduce the chances of variant viruses forming and infecting the swine herd. (umn.edu)
  • Gray also recommends people working with swine receive the seasonal flu vaccine and educate themselves in biosecurity measures. (hobbyfarms.com)
  • Maybe this is just another of the sporadic swine to human cases that have been reported in recent years. (scienceblogs.com)
  • In 1918 a human influenza virus known as the Spanish flu spread through the central United States while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently. (scienceblog.com)
  • Richt said the virus was able to infect and replicate in swine and cause mild respiratory disease. (scienceblog.com)
  • While swine flu was first recognized as a disease in 1918, there also were reports of the influenza occurring in the Midwest in 1930. (scienceblog.com)
  • But we're still not taking the urgent action needed to prevent the next zoonotic disease outbreak, experts say. (mongabay.com)
  • Pig is one of the susceptible animals of Pasteurella multocida, which mainly causes swine lung disease [ 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The fundamental insights that we will obtain will provide a deeper understanding ISG-Toxoplasma interactions in pig macrophages, which in the long-term, may prime one health strategies reduce the disease burden and zoonotic potential of Toxoplasma in pigs. (usda.gov)
  • We offer modern and humane models for swine facilities, the Pennsylvania Regional Control Program for swine disease, and a laboratory dedicated to the differential diagnosis of individual and herd reproductive problems. (upenn.edu)
  • A zoonotic disease is one which can pass from animal to human or vice versa. (umn.edu)
  • The swine flu epidemic of 2009 and the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, caused by a flu virus with genes of an avian origin, powerfully highlight the capabilities of zoonotic disease. (ciwf.org)
  • 1 APSED encourages multisectoral coordination at the human-animal-environment interface as the primary action required for zoonotic disease control. (who.int)
  • Many of the species/genotype identified have zoonotic potential and might represent a public health concern. (usda.gov)
  • Hand hygiene should be performed after contact with animals or their environment, equipment and surfaces that are possibly contaminated with swine influenza viruses, and after removing personal protective equipment (PPE) and/or possibly contaminated clothing. (cdc.gov)
  • Another surprising finding from the study was the rapid antibody response in the animals infected with the 1918 virus, which is not typically reported for the swine influenza virus. (scienceblog.com)
  • Pasteurella multocida, which is an important zoonotic pathogenic bacterium to infect a variety of livestock, such as poultry and wild animals, results in causing pasteurellosis [ 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Swine flu began on a U.S. factory farm, and the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese "wet market," where live and dead animals were sold for human consumption. (peta.org)
  • One is a leap from intensively farmed animals such as cows, pigs, chickens - as in the recent avian and swine flu pandemics. (corporatewatch.org)
  • Their research supports the hypothesis that the 1918 pandemic influenza virus and the virus causing the swine flu were the same. (scienceblog.com)
  • The aim of this review is to identify evaluations of public policies that target the determinants of zoonotic spillover, examining approaches taken to evaluation, choice of outcomes measures and evidence of effectiveness. (bmj.com)
  • All evaluations of public policies aiming to prevent zoonotic spillover events will be eligible for inclusion. (bmj.com)
  • Review findings will provide a useful reference for researchers and practitioners, outlining the state of the evaluative evidence around policies to prevent zoonotic spillover. (bmj.com)
  • This scoping review protocol outlines the first piece of work to systematically identify and review evaluations of public policies designed to prevent zoonotic spillover, and will be undertaken in line with published guidelines for best practice in scoping reviews. (bmj.com)
  • Due to the complex drivers of spillover events, some potentially relevant policy evaluations may not be identified where outcome measures are too far removed from zoonotic spillover. (bmj.com)
  • While preventative medication might be advisable for special circumstances where a person has exposed themselves to ill people during an epidemic, it is not advisable to proactively medicate yourself against Swine Flu. (projectswole.com)
  • We are currently not facing an epidemic in the US, so, therefore, US residents should not be concerned about protecting themselves from Swine Flu by using the medicine. (projectswole.com)
  • Researchers first isolated the Swine Flu virus in a pig back in 1930. (projectswole.com)
  • The researchers identified a total of 179 swine influenza viruses, including G4, which began to predominate in the samples from 2016 onward. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), coordinates surveillance of influenza among pigs through the National Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) Surveillance Program. (cdc.gov)
  • Swine Flu is spread among pigs by direct and indirect contact, however, in many parts of the world pigs are vaccinated against Swine Flu. (projectswole.com)
  • Although many swine operations today conduct reproduction through artificial insemination, most still have a few boars on the farm for heat detection. (umn.edu)
  • Influenza A is responsible for infecting swine, and was first identified in 1918. (wikipedia.org)
  • Swine health professionals today lament that in many large herds, influenza is present on a regular basis. (umn.edu)
  • Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) refers to any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because these symptoms are not specific to swine flu, a differential diagnosis of probable swine flu requires not only symptoms, but also a high likelihood of swine flu due to the person's recent and past medical history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Richt said he plans to conduct a follow-up project that will study what makes a swine flu virus a pandemic flu virus. (scienceblog.com)
  • Swine influenza virus. (medscape.com)
  • More information about influenza surveillance in swine, including a Swine Procedures Manual, is available at Influenza Surveillance in Swine . (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Alice Hughes from the Centre for Integrative Conservation at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Yunnan, China, noted that intensive farming practices in Asia might promote the spread of zoonotic viruses. (medicalnewstoday.com)