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Research Notes on H1N1 vs. H5N1
H1N1, also referred to as swine flu, is a respiratory disease caused by influenza type A.1 H5N1, also known as avian influenza, is a highly contagious virus subtype among birds with infections that have occurred among humans who've had close contact with birds.2 The H1N1 type A influenza virus regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs, while the H5N1 virus causes outbreaks in birds, and both can result in human-to-human transmission.3
Fast Facts:
- H1N1 is a new virus strain that was first detected in the United States in April 2009.4
- This H1N1 strain is a derivative of the H1N1 virus that caused the 1918 flu pandemic.5
- As of May 2009, the Centers for Disease Control has reported an estimated 279 cases and 1 death from the H1N1 virus in the United States,6 with almost 1000 worldwide confirmed cases.7
- The H5N1 virus infection of 2005 resulted in 122 cases of infections in humans and 62 deaths across thirteen countries in Asia and Europe.3
- Influenza viruses keep changing. They mutate, and they exchange genetic material with other flu viruses.3
- It has been demonstrated by the research literature that the H5N1 virus causes mutations in human genes which lead to a more pathogenic and severe form of the disease.8
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Research Notes References
- ↑ WHO: Influenza A(H1N1)
- ↑ CDC: Influenza Avian Influenza (Flu) - Key Facts About Avian Influenza
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Avian Influenza News and Information: Avian Influenza Mutation, H5N1
- ↑ CDC: Questions and Answers About Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
- ↑ New England Journal of Medicine: The Persistent Legacy of the 1918 Influenza Virus (July 16, 2009)
- ↑ CDC: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
- ↑ CNN: Confirmed Cases of H1N1 Virus Approach 1,000 (May 4, 2009)
- ↑ Journal of General Virology: Differential Onset of Apoptosis in Influenza A Virus H5N1- and H1N1-infected Human Blood Macrophages (Oct. 10, 2007)
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