¿What is the difference between the new influenza A(H1N1) and swine influenza?
The typical swine influenza (swine flu) is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract in pigs, caused by type A influenza virus. The mortality rate is low in pigs and recovery usually occurs within 7–10 days. Swine-origin influenza infections also occur in wild birds, poultry, horses and humans, but transmission between species is considered a rare event. So far three influenza type A virus subtypes have been found in pigs: H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2.
Zoonotic human infections with swine influenza viruses have been detected occasionally since the late 1950s, usually in persons with direct exposure to pigs (e.g. people working on pig farms, etc.). In Europe, since 1958 a total of 17 cases have been reported. In the US in 1976, an outbreak of swine influenza virus infections in humans was detected among recruits in a military camp in Fort Dix, New Jersey. A link to pigs was presumed but never established. Instead there was limited human-to-human transmission, with over 200 infections resulting in 12 hospitalisations and one death. In contrast to the swine influenza virus, the new influenza A(H1N1)v virus is capable of human-to-human transmission.
The typical swine influenza (swine flu) is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract in pigs, caused by type A influenza virus. The mortality rate is low in pigs and recovery usually occurs within 7–10 days. Swine-origin influenza infections also occur in wild birds, poultry, horses and humans, but transmission between species is considered a rare event. So far three influenza type A virus subtypes have been found in pigs: H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2.
Zoonotic human infections with swine influenza viruses have been detected occasionally since the late 1950s, usually in persons with direct exposure to pigs (e.g. people working on pig farms, etc.). In Europe, since 1958 a total of 17 cases have been reported. In the US in 1976, an outbreak of swine influenza virus infections in humans was detected among recruits in a military camp in Fort Dix, New Jersey. A link to pigs was presumed but never established. Instead there was limited human-to-human transmission, with over 200 infections resulting in 12 hospitalisations and one death. In contrast to the swine influenza virus, the new influenza A(H1N1)v virus is capable of human-to-human transmission.
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