"Swine influenza" refers to a type of influenza virus that mainly affects pigs.
Full definition
The vaccine helps pork producers protect their herds from the pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) strain
of Swine Influenza Virus (SIV).
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Rapp - Gabrielson VJ, Wicklund E, Ficken M. Efficacy of FluSure ® against challenge with heterologous
reassortant swine influenza H1N1 viruses.
In a second animation, the path of
swine influenza H1N1 is traced over time from its origins in the Southeast's hog farms.
Noting the «relative lack of surveillance
for swine influenza viruses,» the authors suggest, «this virus might have been circulating undetected among swine herds somewhere in the world.»
This report from the Public Health Agency of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory describes a
novel swine influenza found in three workers at a Saskatchewan hog farm.
Kitikoon P, Nilubol D, Vincent A, Yu S, Erickson B, Janke B, Hoover T, Sornsen S, Thacker E. Immune response and effect of maternal antibody interference on vaccination with a bivalent
swine influenza vaccine.
There are a relatively limited number of documented cases of zoonotic [human - communicable]
swine influenza in the literature.
But this is the first study in swine,
with swine influenza viruses that closely resemble «H3N2» influenza viruses circulating in humans and that occasionally transmit from swine to humans.
Question: And is this the first known case in the world of the countries that are experiencing outbreak of
human swine influenza where you've seen the flu infect a pig?
2 Corzo C, Gramer M, Lowe J, Webby
R. Swine influenza active surveillance in the United States, in Proceedings.
This information provides only a small look at some of the advantages and results you'll see from a vaccine that offers cross-protection against
different swine influenza strains.
«Pfizer Animal Health is committed to
monitoring swine influenza viruses and bringing to the market vaccines that help protect against SIV strains circulating in pork production systems today,» said Kuhn.
The new vaccine adds another
valuable swine influenza management tool to Pfizer Animal Health's FluSure XP ® Defense System.
Veterinarians Marty Mohr of New Ulm Regional Veterinary Center in New Ulm, Minnesota, and Bill Hollis of Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. in Carthage, Illinois, have one thing in common: Both have had a client
outsmart swine influenza virus.
16 April CDC notifies San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency of a local case of a
novel swine influenza.
The researchers themselves even recognize the link between vaccines and disease, saying that «Cases of GBS after rabies and
swine influenza vaccines also have been reported.»
However, the role of local, regional, and global swine - flows in the ecology and evolution
of swine influenza viruses remains unclear.
In serums of unusually isolated Pacific islanders whose only exposure to influenza occurred during the era of the 1918 pandemic the residual neutralizing antibody was greatest to the PR / 8 and BH strains of human type A influenza virus, significantly lower to
swine influenza virus, and absent to equine or later human type A virus strains.
This type of transmission of
a swine influenza may be a first, says Christopher Olsen, a swine influenza researcher at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The virus did not appear to spread from human to human but once again proved that the triple - reassortant
swine influenzas — a family the novel H1N1 belongs to — are unusually promiscuous and need to be watched carefully.
The never - before - described virus did not involve the novel H1N1 but instead picked up the surface genes from the seasonal human H1N1 virus that has long infected humans and combined them with what's known as the triple - reassortant
swine influenza.
The 2009 A / H1N1 was also a derivative of two different strains of
swine influenza — one that had been circulating in Europe and Asia and another that was circulating in the Americas, especially North America.
The US government says it is taking swift measures to contain
the swine influenza outbreak that threatens to turn into a pandemic
Globally,
the swine influenza virus population is spatially separated into the North American and Eurasian lineages, although both lineages co-circulate in Asia, which imports swine from North America and Europe.
Although the Midwest does not appear to be a source population for
swine influenza viruses, the region is likely to provide a reservoir for multiple genetically distinct variants to co-circulate and exchange segments via reassortment due to the continual importation of swine influenza viruses from other regions.
MADISON, N.J. (Jan. 27, 2011)--
Swine influenza virus (SIV) continues to evolve and challenge swine herds.
Gramer M. Epidemiology of
swine influenza and implications of reassortment.
The dominant share of this segment can be attributed to the increasing porcine population, growing awareness about animal vaccination, and outbreaks of porcine diseases such as PRRS (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome),
swine influenza, and Auzeszkys Disease (AD).
When he noticed acute coughing in suckling and nursery pigs due to
swine influenza, he attacked the problem with good planning, sound science and strong monitoring.
April 25, 2009 — In response to cases of
swine influenza A (H1N1), reported in Mexico and the United States of America, the Director - General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, convened a meeting today of the Emergency Committee to assess the situation and advise her on appropriate responses.
Statement by WHO Director - General, Dr Margaret Chan; Public Health Emergency of International Concern — Swine influenza