what is swine influenza?

India
January 16, 2010 3:26am CST
swine influenza {also called PIG INFLUENZA,SWINE FLU,HOG FLU and PIG FLU}is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus....swine influenza virus{SIV}or S-OIV {swine origin influenza virus}is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs........As of 2009,the known SIV strain include infuenza C and the subtypes of infulenza A known as H1N1,H1N2,H3N1,H3N2 AND H2N3...
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Professor2010
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
23 Sep 10
Hello Patel welcome to mylot We had this flu in some parts of my state orissa, and my city was included, there were so many deaths, govt was unable to control, shots were sold in black market, luckily we were totally safe.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always, cheers. Professor. .
avani26
@avani26 (1518)
• India
2 Mar 10
It is not swine but swine flu. The main route of the transmission of the new influenza A(H1N1)seems to be similiar to seasonal influenza.