Swine influenza virus

• 2009년 flu pandemic
• easily transmitted to human (vice versa: 역도 성립)
• Etiology : swine influenza virus (formula H1swN1)
  • first isolated from pigs
• Occurence : worldwide, latent in pigs
• Transmission : aerosol, direct contact (handshake)
• Clinical manifestation
  • 증상 : high fever, bronchitis in upper respiratory tract
  • lead to secondary bacterial infections, pneumonia
• Treatment : Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) - neuraminidase inhibition
• Vaccine
  • available for animals / not for humans
  • human influenza vaccine은 swine influenza virus를 막지 못함