Friday, May 1, 2009

pig flu

The swine flu is something u get from pigs and the symptoms are coughing, soar throat, nasal congestion. The H1N1 form of swine flu is one of the descendants of the spanish flu that caused a devastating pandamic in humans in 1918–1919. As well as persisting in pigs, the descendants of the 1918 virus have also circulated in humans through the 20th century, contributing to the normal seasonal epidemics of influenza. However, direct transmission from pigs to humans is rare, with only 12 cases in the U.S. since 2005.

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