Swine Flu: Symptoms, Causes and Prevention Tips
Swine flu is a type of virus that mainly infects pigs. It doesn't normally infect people, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. The current swine influenza (H1N1) virus has components of pig and bird influenza viruses in it, so humans don't have any immunity to it. That makes it more likely to become a pandemic virus (have the ability to cause a global outbreak) if it can
Swine flu is a type of virus that mainly infects pigs. It doesn't normally infect people, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. The current swine influenza (H1N1) virus has components of pig and bird influenza viruses in it, so humans don't have any immunity to it. That makes it more likely to become a pandemic virus (have the ability to cause a global outbreak) if it can