What Is Scope of Swine Flu?

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Posted by MCT Team on Sunday, June 28, 2009

The World Health Organization has raised its alert level to 6. The WHO revealed that the influenza virus has the sustainability for human-to-human transmission and can cause community level outbreaks.

A similar outbreak known as bird flu was more risky than H1N1 virus. According to Professor Neil Ferguson of the World Health Organization, H1N1 is nothing when compared to other similar outbreaks such as SARS or the 1918 Spanish flu.

If the H1N1 outbreak disappears in the coming weeks, there might still be an outbreak of the virus in the autumn.

In case it is an epidemic, then 30% - 40% of the general population might become susceptible to infection.

New strain of H1N1 virus is something which people has natural immunity and has not received any vaccination yet making people susceptible infection and spread to other people.

H1N1 is still a subject of studies by major laboratories in the world. Once there is sufficient information about the virus, only then can it be possible to make improved predictions about individuals who are at higher risk and likely to have serious complications.

The outbreaks outside of Mexico have not resulted to deaths which is an indication that the virus is not that aggressive.

But it appears that it would cause an outbreak that would be felt all over the world and increase mortality rates.

The outbreak of H1N1 began in Mexico City and it has now spread in 30 countries.

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