What we know about H1N1 Influenza A “Swine Flu”
May 1st, 2009
Here’s a quick rundown of what we know about H1N1 Influenza A “Swine Flu” that’s currently sweeping the media, as opposed to the globe.
- The H1N1 virus appears to be a mild influenza, and is nowhere near as dangerous as N5N1.
- The H1N1 virus appears to bind to the receptors in the upper respiratory tract causing mild illness (compare this to H5N1 which binds to the lungs directly).
- The swine flu strain is the same type as seasonal flu which circulates throughout the world every year, and kills roughly 1% of those infected.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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September 7th, 2009 at 4:44 am
the H1N1 or Swine Flu Virus is very scary at first but now it is well controlled by vaccines and prevention by avoiding going into places with incidence of swine flu.
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 am
One of my sisters got infected with H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine Flu. Fortunately, she did not have very high fever and she was able to recover fast .
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January 2nd, 2010 at 5:38 am
My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.
January 5th, 2010 at 3:51 am
If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.
January 18th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
during the height of the H1N1 or Swine Flu epidemic, i was very afraid to get infected with this disease and i wore face mask whenever i got into heavily populated areas.