Swine Flu

Swine Flu
Cause: The H1N1 virus
1-)Symptoms and Diagnostic
Main symptoms of swine flu in humans direct transmission of a swine flu virus from pigs to humans is occasionally possible (calledzoonotic swine flu). In all, 50 cases are known to have occurred since the first report in medical literature in 1958, which have resulted in a total of six deaths. Of these six people, one was pregnant,one had leukemia, one had Hodgkin disease and two were known to be previously healthy. Despite these apparently low numbers of infections, the true rate of infection may be higher, since most casesonly cause a very mild disease, and will probably never be reported or diagnosed.
Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. The 2009 outbreak has shown anincreased percentage of patients reporting diarrhea and vomiting. Symptoms may vary.
Diagnostic is just a nose and throat swap (respiration sample)

2-)Transmission to humans
People who work withpoultry and swine, especially people with intense exposures, are at increased risk of zoonotic infection with influenza virus endemic in these animals, and constitute a population of human hosts in whichzoonosis and reassortment can co-occur.Vaccination of these workers against influenza and surveillance for new influenza strains among this population may therefore be an important public healthmeasure.[50] Transmission of influenza from swine to humans who work with swine was documented in a small surveillance study performed in 2004 at the University of Iowa. This study among others forms thebasis of a recommendation that people whose jobs involve handling poultry and swine be the focus of increased public health surveillance. Other professions at particular risk of infection areveterinarians and meat processing workers, although the risk of infection for both of these groups is lower than that of farm workers.

3-)Treatment
If a person becomes sick with swine flu, antiviral...