Svínaflensa

Svín geta borið inflúensuvírusa sem aðlagaðir eru mönnum og fuglum.

Svínaflensa er smitandi öndunarsjúkdómur sem herjar yfirleitt á svín og orsakast af inflúensuveiru.

Fólk sem vinnur með svín og svínaafurðir getur sýkst af afbrigðum af svínaflensu og getur vírusinn stökkbreyst þannig að svínaflensa geti smitast milli manna. Talið er að afbrigðið sem olli Svínaflensufaraldrinum 2009 sé þannig stökkbreyting af H1N1 afbrigði

Nánara lesefni

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Tenglar

• Landlæknisembættið:Svínaflensa
• Landlæknisembættið:Upplýsingar um svínaflensu A H1N1 spurningar og svör
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Swine Flu
• "Swine Flu Cases Without Swine Exposure" Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
• Outbreak Alerts Latest news and videos on viral epidemics and pandemics
• The ongoing challenge of swine flu presentation by Marie Gramer, D.V.M., Ph.D., veterinary diagnostician at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
• The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease Original 1978 U.S.A. Department of Health Education and Welfare review by Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V Fineberg available from Louisiana State University Law Center Medical and Public Health Law Site.
• Surface sanitation and interruption of influenza using NAV-CO2
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• SWINE INFLUENZA by Carol G. Woodlief of College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University Overview, symptoms in pigs, treatment for pigs
• In California and Texas, 5 New Swine Flu Cases Washington Post, By Rob Stein (Staff Writer)
• Swine Flu In Mexico And U.S. May Lead To Pandemic, WHO Says AHN, Mayur Pahilajani (Staff Writer)
• News and information on the 2009 human swine flu outbreak
• H1N1 Swine Flu cases tagged on Google Maps
• World Health Organization (WHO): Swine influenza
• MedWorm's Swine Flu RSS Newsfeed (compiled from thousands of authoritative medical and news feeds)
• Survival Emergency and Communication Gear