This show the situation of Influenza A(H1N1) until 06:00 GMT, 2 May 2009, 15 countries have officially reported 615 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 397 confirmed human cases of infection, including 16 deaths. The 241 rise in cases from Mexico compared to 23:30 GMT of 1 May reflects ongoing testing of previously collected specimens. 阅读全文 »
In April 2009, Mexican outbreak flu, first we called the swine flu, which is a spread of a new strain of influenza virus. But until now, There is no evidence that finding influenza virus in pigs, World Health Organization (WHO) no longer use the “swine flu” refers to the current flu , they started using A(H1N1). I think this is a correct decision. 阅读全文 »
Swine influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. Sometimes it may spread to Humans and cause flu-like symptoms. The virus is influenza A virus, carrying the designation H1N1. It is a hybrid reassorted virus and contains DNA typical to avian, swine and human viruses, including elements from European and Asian swine viruses. It clasically causes outbreaks from Mid March to mid May and commonly causes fever, headache, fatigue and cough. As yet, none of the Eight Swine flu cases diagnosed in US has proved fatal, though sources report about 80 fatal cases in Mexico in the past few weeks. 阅读全文 »
