Poultry and swine workers in close contact with persons, especially those in contact with the defenseless, if the animal is at risk of infection if a virus that can infect humans. In contrast, when the meat is properly cooked in a diseased animal does not present any risk. SIV, to change the structure so that it can be transmitted from human to human. Of cases of swine flu in 2009, it is stated that this type caused by a virus.
Such a pandemic influenza outbreak, first known as "Spanish flu" as referred to in the 1918 pandemic, 500 million people caught the disease in about two years, and 50 to 100 million people lost their lives. This was the ancestor of the H1N1 influenza virus causing outbreaks. 1 person at the outbreak of the disease in 1976 25 people died from the side effects that occurs due to virus vaccine. Therefore, in 1976 an outbreak of "swine flu fiasco known as". In 1988, only a pregnant woman and her unborn baby died in the epidemic. The virus spread to the world, starting in Mexico in 2009, was seen in approximately 735,927 people in 191 countries, 6179 people lost their lives due to the H1N1 virus.
Swine Flu Symptoms
Symptoms of the disease in humans is the same as the symptoms of influenza and influenza-like illness. Symptoms; fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue are feeling. Normally, the number of patients reported more diarrhea and vomiting.
These symptoms are just recent history of the patient in order to diagnose because it is not specific to swine flu, as there is in the region could come into contact with people with swine flu may not be the implementation of the pig and poultry found that the diagnosis questioned whether there is in the environment method.
The modes of transmission of swine flu
Between pigs
Flu in pigs is very common, about half of the pork produced in the United States have been exposed to the virus. In other countries of antibodies against the virus in pigs is common. The most important route of transmission is direct contact with diseased and disease-free pigs. This happens especially often in close contact during the transportation of animals. The intensive agriculture may increase the risk of contamination due to the environment of pigs reared in very close together. Direct transmission of the virus would probably be the nose of mucus dried out pork mAlArIylA or the L to each other. It is also possible contamination with sneezing and coughing due to airway. The virus usually spreads quickly and is transmitted to all pigs in a herd in a few days. Wild animals such as wild boar can be contagious and can cause the spread of this disease among farm.
Among people
Running around the pig is particularly close contact with persons at risk of infection with this virus into commonly seen in these animals. These people represent an environment that may occur with the zoonotic and virus strain. Therefore, vaccination of humans and monitoring for the detection of a new virus generation is important for public health. Workers are at risk of contracting the virus but not as veterinarians and farm workers in the meat processing plant.
Prevention and treatment of Swine Flu
Swine flu breathing (air) is transmitted through; so there is no effective prevention method. However, as a precaution, except respirators, especially after found in crowded areas should be washed with hands often with soap and water or alcohol-containing chemicals. Where people can not wash their hands, mouths, should avoid touching their eyes, nose and hands. If you need to cough mouth should be covered with a cloth or paper and used paper or cloth should be disposed of immediately. Research related to the swine flu vaccine is made.
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the prevention or therapy of disease Tamiflu (oseltamivir) or Relenza (zanamivir) is proposed. Experiments conducted on the virus isolated in the United States and Mexico is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine have been detected.
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