swine flu virus

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• Swine flu — (or Swine influenzavirus (SIV) flu) refers to a subset of Orthomyxoviridae that creates influenza in pigs and are endemic in pigs. This is not a phylogenetics based taxonomic category.The species of Orthomyxoviridae that can cause flu in pigs are …   Wikipedia

• Swine flu — Grippe A (H1N1) de 2009 La grippe A (H1N1) de 2009 est une maladie respiratoire aiguë contagieuse provoquée par un virus de la grippe A de sous type H1N1. Ce virus est réapparu en 2009 sous une nouvelle forme génétique transmissible d’homme à… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Swine Flu Parties — Social gatherings staged to spread swine flu, with the aim of contracting the virus before it becomes more virulent. As rumors of people attending “swine flu parties” circulated in the U.K., the British Medical Association warned parents against… …   Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

• Swine Flu and Dracula Sneezes — Just two of the phrases prompted by the Influenza A (H1N1)virus. An Israeli minister has advocated renaming swine flu in an attempt to make the virus religiously inoffensive, Julian Kossoff reported in The Telegraph: Demonstrating a bizarre sense …   Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

• swine flu — noun an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic • Syn: ↑swine influenza • Hypernyms: ↑influenza, ↑flu, ↑grippe …   Useful english dictionary

• swine flu — UK [ˈswaɪnˌ fluː] / US [ˈswaɪnˌ flu] noun [uncountable] a disease similar to flu that spreads quickly from one person to another and causes problems such as a sore throat and cough, thought to be related to a virus which infects pigs …   English dictionary

• swine flu — Pathol. a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

• Swine influenza — This article is about influenza viruses in pigs. For the 2009 outbreak, see 2009 flu pandemic. For the 2009 human virus, see Pandemic H1N1/09 virus. Influenza (Flu) …   Wikipedia

• Flu season — is the portion of the year in which there is a regular outbreak in flu cases. It occurs during the cold half of the year in each hemisphere. Flu activity can sometimes be predicted and even tracked geographically. While the beginning of major flu …   Wikipedia

• swine influenza — n an acute contagious febrile disease of swine that is marked by severe coughing and inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, that sometimes develops into bronchopneumonia but is rarely fatal, that is caused by infection with a subtype (H1N1… …   Medical dictionary

• virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …   Universalium