AS+Swine+Flu+AS

Alex Salazar Swine Influenza (Flu) - [|Source] Topic: U.S. Cases of Swine Flu Infection Vocabulary: (H1N1) - is a subtype of influenza virus A and the most common cause of influenza in humans. CDC - an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services based in Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to the campus of Emory University and northeast of downtown Atlanta. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and it promotes health through partnerships with state health departments and other organizations. [|Source] Strategic National Stockpile - is the United States' national repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, and antitoxins. [|Source] Summary: This article is about the number of Swine Flu cases that have occurred in the U.S. Swine flu is a H1N1 Most cases have occurred in New York. The CDC’s division of the SNS is releasing a quarter of their antiviral drugs. It is susceptible to the prescription antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir.

Swine Influenza [|Source] Topic: About Swine Flu Vocabulary: Avian - birds autogenous - self-produced; self-generated. FDA- Food and Drug Administration

Summary: Swine Flu isn't common among humans but is usually transmitted when working with swine. The swine flue is very common with the common flu. You should wash your hands with an alcohol based substance and don't let people breath on you.

1918 Flu Pandemic [|Source] Topic: Outbreak of Swine Flu in 1918 Vocabulary: Cytokine Storms - is a potentially fatal immune reaction consisting of a positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells, with highly elevated levels of various cytokines.

Immunocompromised - a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease is compromised or entirely absent.

malnourishment - lack of proper nutrition.

Summary: About 60% of the U.S. populstion was affected by the swine flu. Only 2.5 to 5 percent of the infected died. It was considered the greatest medical holocost in history and killed more than the Black Death. The immine systems of the soldiers was poor due to malnutrition so it easily spread.