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8 lip 2024 · Swine influenza is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Influenza viruses that commonly circulate in swine are called “swine influenza viruses” or “swine flu viruses.”
- 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program | David J. Sencer CDC Museum | CDC
What did we learn from the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination...
- About Human Infections with Variant Influenza Viruses | Swine Flu - CDC
Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A...
- Reflections on the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program
On August 2, 1976, deaths apparently due to an influenzalike...
- Story of CDC : 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program - CDC Stacks
In addition to the discovery of the Ebola Fever and...
- 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program | David J. Sencer CDC Museum | CDC
What did we learn from the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination Program? Read all about it in this issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Explore the timeline of discovery and major breakthroughs in our understanding of the influenza virus. How has CDC’s vaccination campaign affected the spread of influenza activity?
27 cze 2024 · Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that regularly cause outbreaks of flu in pigs (not people). When an influenza virus that normally spreads in pigs but not people is found in a person, it is called a "variant influenza virus."
6 lut 2017 · On its website, the CDC notes that people who got the vaccination did have an increased risk of “approximately one additional case of GBS for every 100,000 people who got the swine flu...
On August 2, 1976, deaths apparently due to an influenzalike illness were reported from Pennsylvania in older men who had attended the convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia. A combined team of CDC and state and local health workers immediately investigated.
Swine Flu at Fort Dix. On February 3, 1976, the New Jersey State Health Department sent the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta isolates of virus from recruits at Fort Dix, New Jersey, who had influenzalike illnesses. Most of the isolates were identified as A/Victoria/75 (H3N2), the contemporary epidemic strain.
In addition to the discovery of the Ebola Fever and Legionnaires’ Disease pathogens, another major disease event in 1976 was Swine flu. Earlier that year, the New Jersey State Health Department asked CDC to identify an illness spreading at Fort Dix Army Base.
