Comments on: Updates on the CDC H1N1 Flu http://www.medicarecard.com/medicarecardblog/index.php/achives/2009/11/08/updates-on-the-cdc-h1n1-flu/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Cendy http://www.medicarecard.com/medicarecardblog/index.php/achives/2009/11/08/updates-on-the-cdc-h1n1-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Cendy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:09 +0000 http://www.medicarecard.com/medicarecardblog/?p=362#comment-116 Influenza viruses that circulate in pigs are different from the influenza viruses circulating in people. Outbreaks of flu in pigs from swine influenza viruses are common. In addition, pigs are uniquely susceptible to infection with influenza viruses of human, swine, and avian origin. Because of this, pigs also can serve as hosts in which influenza viruses from different species can undergo reassortment if a pig is infected with two or more different strains of influenza virus at the same time. Reassortment is a process in which flu viruses exchange genes during replication. The resultant hybrid flu virus could be highly transmissible among people and/or animals and lead to widespread infections. The 2009 H1N1 virus that is circulating among humans has been detected in swine in several countries, including the U.S. Keeping this new human strain from entering and spreading among swine herds is important to protect animal health and public health, including the health of swine workers. Interspecies flu infections between people and pigs are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to pigs, such as in swine production barns. Minimizing the transmission of flu viruses between live swine and people is in the best interest for public health and animal health. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidelines_commerical_settings_with_pigs.htm Influenza viruses that circulate in pigs are different from the influenza viruses circulating in people. Outbreaks of flu in pigs from swine influenza viruses are common. In addition, pigs are uniquely susceptible to infection with influenza viruses of human, swine, and avian origin. Because of this, pigs also can serve as hosts in which influenza viruses from different species can undergo reassortment if a pig is infected with two or more different strains of influenza virus at the same time. Reassortment is a process in which flu viruses exchange genes during replication. The resultant hybrid flu virus could be highly transmissible among people and/or animals and lead to widespread infections.

The 2009 H1N1 virus that is circulating among humans has been detected in swine in several countries, including the U.S. Keeping this new human strain from entering and spreading among swine herds is important to protect animal health and public health, including the health of swine workers.

Interspecies flu infections between people and pigs are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to pigs, such as in swine production barns. Minimizing the transmission of flu viruses between live swine and people is in the best interest for public health and animal health.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidelines_commerical_settings_with_pigs.htm

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