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Swine Influenza

Guys, meet the cousin of SARS, Swine Influenza (Swine Flu). Swine actually refers to animals which are stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals such as pigs and other hogs family.

It is actually common in swine but rare in human. It's hard to infect humans unless the swine has a strain able to infect humans and it's VERY rare that these strains are able to pass from human to human. But why it has outbreak in Maxico and other parts of the states?

Over the past few years, this little guy has undergone mutation due to external reasons like temperature, excessive heat, acidity, UV light. All these factor can cause the hydrogen bond and phosphate deoxyribose backbone to break causing the sequence of A, T, C and G to change. Hence, their external characteristic became strong.

The strain responsible for the Swine flu outbreak 2009 is believed to have undergone such a mutation.This virus is named swine flu because one of its surface proteins is similar to viruses that usually infect pigs however this strain is spreading in people and it is unknown if it infects pigs.

In humans, the symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of influenza like fever, muscle pain, coughing and general discomfort.
So, try to take precaution alright. You all know what is it like already. Haha. I'm bored thats why I went to do some research about it. Hope it helps. =)

Resources: Wikipedia and many more.

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