Question
Download Solution PDFWhich disease among the given options spreads via pigs?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Swine flu.
Key Points
- Swine flu is a disease caused by the virus.
- It is also known as the H1N1 flu.
- Swine flu is caused by the H1N1 virus.
- It spreads via pigs.
- Swine flu is a respiratory disease that occurs in pigs that is caused by the Influenza A virus.
- It was first discovered in humans and became a pandemic in 2009.
- The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human.
Additional Information
- Nipah is a virus infection in humans.
- Nipah virus can be transmitted to humans from animals such as bats or from contaminated foods.
- It can be transmitted directly from human-to-human.
- It was first recognized in 1999 in Malaysia.
- Zika is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.
- These mosquitoes bite during the day and night.
- There is no vaccine or medicine for Zika.
- It was first identified in Uganda in 1947.
- Plague is an infectious disease caused by bacteria.
- It is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
- It is found in small mammals and their fleas.
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