swine influenza

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Noun

swine influenza - an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic

swine flu

flu, grippe, influenza - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

Translations

Schweineinfluenza

gripe porcina influenza porcina

grippe porcine

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The ten students had tested positive for Influenza A, and their results would be sent to the World Health Organisation laboratory in Australia to ascertain whether it was the H1N1 swine influenza, Mr Ryall said.

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Human outbreaks of H1N1 swine influenza virus were recorded in the United States in 1976 and 1988, when two deaths were recorded, and in 1986.

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Influenza A (H3N2)v viruses resulted from reassortment of influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 viruses with swine influenza A (H3N2) viruses.

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Pattern of deaths in Pune, the epicenter of the current pandemic in India, indicates that some communities may have better defenses against the current pandemic swine influenza virus.

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Classic swine influenza virus of the H1N1 subtype was identified as far back as 1931 as a cause of respiratory disease in pigs.

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Tokyo stocks opened lower Tuesday weighed down by falls on Wall Street amid fears about the impact of the spread of swine influenza among humans on the ailing global economy, while continued appreciation of the yen against the U.S.

Tokyo stocks open lower on swine flu fears, strong yen

A: The symptoms of swine influenza in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, fatigue, lack of appetite, coughing and sore throat.

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Most commonly, human cases of swine influenza happen in people who are around pigs.

Strategy to beat swine flu already in place if Wales is attacked; As the number of confirmed cases of swine flu continues to rise around the world, Dr Roland Salmon examines whether we should be worried in Wales

April 29, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- Sudanese need not worry about the deadly swine influenza as the country was free of the epidemic, said the federal ministry of health today.