India Saturday three fresh cases of swine flu reported in Hyderabad & New Delhi, which includes a woman and her four-and-a-half-year old daughter in the Andhra Pradesh capital with an overall confirmed cases of eight so far in India. On of the confirmed cases tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) include a 24-year-old brother of a techie who returned from US on May 31 with infection. Doctors and health officials confirmed this as the first indigenous case of swine flu broke out in India itself.

First case of human to human transmission

The first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus of swine flu in India was from Hyderbad, which is raising the concerns of public. The human-to-human transmission took place from a man came back from United States on May 31, infected his younger brother who was living in Hyderabad. Both of them have tested positive for the disease. Similar case was reported in Karimnagar locality of Hyderabad, there a mother and son, who were sitting two rows behind the passenger from United States also reported symptoms of flu. While the child already tested positive, awaiting the results of the tests on mother.

Swine Influenza (swine flu)is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses (H1N1 subtype)that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people

Swine Flu Outbreak - Epidemic depressed the world population

“Swine flu” or Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 paranoid the world population by the speed it spreads worldwide. The flu first broke out during this session in April 2009, started its journey from US and to the rest of the world. It is speading to the people through cough and sneezes of the people who are infected with the virus. The very important thing that we need get aware about the flu and it symptoms.

Reference: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

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