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Influenza A virus subtype H1N1

Influenza A(H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenzavirus A and the most common cause of influenza (flu) in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a large fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused roughly half of all human flu infections in 2006. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

In June 2009, World Health Organization declared that flu due to a new strain of swine-origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. This strain is commonly called "swine flu" by the public media.

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Assessing disease surveillance and notification systems after a pandemic

Significant investments over the past decade into disease surveillance and notification systems appear to have "paid off" and the systems "work remarkably well," says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher who ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swine flu kills Jordanian: health minister (Update)

The H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu killed a 26-year-old Jordanian man on Sunday, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said on Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccination produces antibodies against multiple flu strains

The pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies in vaccinated individuals not only against the H1N1 virus, but also against other influenza virus strains including H5N1 and H3N2. This discovery adds an important new ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

2009 flu could have echoed 1918

The 2009 H1N1 pandemic had the potential to be as deadly as the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, which killed more than 50 million people, Canada’s chief public health officer said Monday, crediting modern ...

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Mexico health sec: Swine flu way up after low year

(AP) -- Mexico's federal health secretary says swine flu cases in January have surpassed the number for all of 2011, a year when the virus barely appeared worldwide.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official

An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single-dose H1N1 vaccine not reliable protection for pediatric liver-transplant patients

Researchers from Australia determined that pediatric liver transplant patients who received a single-dose of the H1N1 vaccine were not adequately protected against the virus compared to healthy children. This study appearing ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large study reaffirms H1N1, seasonal flu vaccine safety

Back in spring 2009, the H1N1 influenza virus crossed the U.S. border and raised concerns that it might cause a full-scale epidemic in the fall. The Food and Drug Administration worked with other Health and Human Services ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Patients with RA receive less protection from pandemic influenza with H1N1 vaccine

Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis taking disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, showed significantly less protection from pandemic influenza after receiving the H1N1 vaccine compared to healthy individuals, according ...

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