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94How Long Do Viruses Live?
How Long Does a Virus "Live" Outside a Host? Some viruses can "live" undisturbed for years. Others are so fragile that they can only withstand "external" conditions for mere minutes if not seconds. This hub...
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72H1N1 Influenza
In April of 2009, the H1N1 or swine flu, a new influenza virus, was detected in people in the United States. This virus is referred to as “swine flu” because lab testing showed that many of its genes are...
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77H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Dangers – How To Evaluate The Risks
There is a lot of talk about the dangers of vaccines lately. But there is also a lot of talk about the dangers of the H1N1 swine flu! A lot of people are wondering, “Should I get a flu shot?” Here...
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89Spanish Flu: historical event or precursor of H5N1 Bird Flu?
The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic killed 25-50 million people. H5N1 appears to have a mortality rate c.50%, although milder infections might not be reported. At the moment, it can't be transmitted directly from person to person. If it mutated, a pandemic is a real risk.
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79Symptoms of H1N1 and Regular Flu-Make Sure You Know The Difference!
To just about all people, the word “flu” [influenza] entails just about any short-run sickness that lays them low. To others, flu stands for any short-run sickness that causes them cough, feel sick and...
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69Swine flu symptoms S-OIV influenza A H1N1
94% of patients had fever, 92% cough, 66% of a sore throat, 25% diarrhea or nausea with vomiting. Effects of Tamiflu and Relenza not yet been confirmed. On 7 May 2009 was the eleventh confirmed...
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87Tracking Swine Flu Vaccine & Its Side Effects
2009 H1N1 Influenza A is the true name of this virus. Media finds it much easier and more memorable to refer to the virus as "Swine Flu." A few short years ago it referred to an earlier strain of this same...
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865 Reasons NOT to get the Swine Flu H1N1 Vaccine Shot
During the past 100 years, the H1N1 virus has hit Americans twice that we know of, and possibly three times if you include the 1918 epidemic which some scholars and scientists attribute to the swine flu. The...
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84How Does Swine Flu Kill You
The swine flu is a deadly virus that kills you through viral pneumonia and bacterial co-infection. Dehydration is another major risk factor. Remember, the best way to protect yourself from the flu is to avoid getting it in the first place!
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85Stay Safe From The H1N1 Mexican Swine Flu
H1N1 is the virus responsible for the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic which killed approximately 100 million people. It's now created a state of emergency in Mexico and there have already been cases in the USA.
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