Swine Flu

Authors

  • Dr. Santoshi Kankante
  • Dr. Ganesh Misal
  • Dr. Ramesh Kothari

Abstract

Swine flu refers to swine influenza or the viral infection caused by any of the several types of influenza virus. Swine flu can produce a number of symptoms in both adults and children. In India day by day the graph of infected person has been climbed up so, it is important to take into consideration about this disease as it may prove deadly one. It transmitted to humans via contact with infected pigs or environments contaminated with swine influenza viruses. The scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus. This is a dangerous scenario in 21st century. So, there is a need to prevent and to teat the swine flu all over the world. Here we reveal that complete drug therapy for this disease for swine flu in several medicinal systems and prevention techniques like vaccine therapy.

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Published

2018-09-12

How to Cite

Kankante, D. S. ., Misal, D. G., & Kothari, D. R. . (2018). Swine Flu. VIMS Health Science Journal, 5(3), 137–139. Retrieved from https://vimshsj.edu.in/index.php/main/article/view/106

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2018): September

Section

Review Articles
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