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

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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.
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