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1 Swine Influenza (2009) Influenza A (H1N1) Lecture presented by Dr Ghassan Awar 02 May 2009

2 Wednesday (29/4/09): WHO raised the pandemic threat level to 5 on a six-step scale. The level 5 designation means infection from the outbreak that originated in Mexico has been jumping from person to person with relative ease.

3 Thursday, April 30, 2009

4 Swine flu Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease that affects pigs and can jump to humans. Symptoms include fever, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

5 Swine flu The 2009 H1N1 virus is a hybrid of swine, avian and human strains Influenza A (H1N1)

6 Swine flu "The entire purpose is to limit exposure“ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to have a vaccine to manufacturers within a month, said Michael Shaw, lab team leader for the H1N1 response at the CDC.

7 Swine flu "In times of difficulty, we've always come together,“ Mexican President Felipe Calderon said. "Together we will overcome this disease."

8 Swine flu "If you have a fever and flu-like symptoms, you should not be getting on an airplane. That is part of being a responsible part of our community," Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said. "You don't want to put people at risk."

9 Swine flu Five-year-old Edgar Hernandez, known as "patient zero," survived the earliest documented case of swine flu.

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