Swine flu: a Birmingham experience
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Swine origin influenza (swine flu).
Swine origin influenza was first recognized in the border area of Mexico and United States in April 2009 and during a short span of two months became the first pandemic. The currently circulating strain of swine origin influenza virus of the H1N1 strain has undergone triple reassortment and contains genes from the avian, swine and human viruses. It is transmitted by droplets or fomites. Incubat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-6-534