As the name suggests, Swine Flu is a disease related to pigs, which has lately proved harmful to humans, too. This is a type of influenza that victimizes pigs and almost 1% to 4% of pigs with Swine flu die with the disease. This is widely spreading all around the globe and has gone to almost 40 countries, especially in United States, Mexico, South America, Canada, Japan, Spain and UK.

What is Swine Flu?

It is a contagious disease, called Swine Influenza, also known as Swine Flu, hog flu and pig flu. It is caused by Influenza type A virus subtype H1N1. It is said to be a mutation of four identified strains of Influenza type A virus subtype H1N1. Thus, humans have no immunity against this new virus.

Mode of Transmission:

There are basically two modes of transmission of swine flu to humans: Read the rest of this entry