“Swine flu”. Human cases due to H1N1 Influenza virus, an issue that so far only affects Public Health
VISAVET Outreach Journal publish this article
April 27th, 2009
Swine Influenza (also known as “swine flu”) is an acute respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A Influenza virus. Its characteristic symptoms are cough, respiratory problems, fever and depression, and although the disease usually has a sudden start animals rapidly recover from the disease. Typically, mortality levels are very low. Swine influenza was first described as an animal disease during the 1918-1919 pandemic known as “Spanish flu”
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 | Servicio de Zoonosis Emergentes, de Baja Prevalencia y Agresivos Biológicos (NED). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). 111 |
| Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). 111 |
