swine influenza
noun
: influenza A of swine that is caused by any of several subtypes (such as H1N1 or H3N2) of the causative orthomyxovirus and in which sporadic transmission to humans has occurred compare swine flu
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Going into the 1976-77 winter season, the world waited – and prepared – for an H1N1 swine influenza pandemic that never came.
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Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Autopsy specimens unexpectedly tested positive for an H1N1 swine influenza virus.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Pigs can be infected with strains of swine influenza viruses that are different from human flu viruses and can rarely spread them to people.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
That’s because avian and swine influenzas have caused pandemics in humans, including the 1918 flu pandemic, which was caused by a virus that originated in birds, and the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
The lines show the path of swine influenza H1N2 along common hog routes over time.
—Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2011
From these samples, researchers identified 179 swine influenza viruses -- but not all of them posed a concern.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 30 June 2020
In 2015, Gray and his colleagues launched a five-year study to examine the transmission of swine influenza in large pig farms in China.
—Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
The swine influenza of 2009 turned out not to be the grave danger that health authorities feared.
—Maryn McKenna, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
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Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Autopsy specimens unexpectedly tested positive for an H1N1 swine influenza virus.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
Pigs can be infected with strains of swine influenza viruses that are different from human flu viruses and can rarely spread them to people.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
That’s because avian and swine influenzas have caused pandemics in humans, including the 1918 flu pandemic, which was caused by a virus that originated in birds, and the 2009 swine flu pandemic.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
The lines show the path of swine influenza H1N2 along common hog routes over time.
—Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2011
From these samples, researchers identified 179 swine influenza viruses -- but not all of them posed a concern.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 30 June 2020
In 2015, Gray and his colleagues launched a five-year study to examine the transmission of swine influenza in large pig farms in China.
—Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019
The swine influenza of 2009 turned out not to be the grave danger that health authorities feared.
—Maryn McKenna, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
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