•swine flu, hog flu, pig

flu
• influenza caused by strains
of swine influenza virus
(SIV)
 CAUSATIVE AGENTS

• influenza A subtypes H1N1

descendant of the Spanish flu (1918–1919)

March - April 2009 – cases were first
reported in Southern California and
Texas.
•DROPLET (<1 meter)
•CLOSE CONTACT WITH
INFECTED INDIVIDUALS
& PIGS
 INCUBATION
• unknown
• could range from 1-7 days/ more likely
1-4 days
PERIOD OF
COMMUNICABILITY
• unknown
• could be up to 7 days following
illness onset
MANIFESTATIONS
 CASE DEFINITION/ DTXC

• Acute febrile
respiratory illness
• RT PCR
• Viral culture
 MEDICATIONS
I. ADAMANTANES
– AMANTADINE
– REMANTADINE

II. NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS

– OSELTAMIVIR (TAMIFLU)
– ZANAMIVIR (RELENZA)
 Can I get swine
influenza from eating or
preparing pork?
• No.
• SIV is killed at 70-degree
centigrade
A. Influenza B H1N1
B. Influenza A H1N1
C.Influenza A H5N1
D. Influenza C H2N1
A.Surgical mask
B.Particulate filter mask
C.Gown
D.Goggles
A. 2 to 16 days
B. 5 to 21 days
C. 2 to 10 days
D. 1 to 4 days
A. Amantadine
B. Swine flu vaccine
C. Tamiflu
D. Remantadine
• EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER
• Group of viruses
belonging to genus
Ebolavirus (EBOV) of
the family Filoviridae
 CAUSATIVE AGENTS

• Zaïre virus
• Sudan ebolavirus
• Reston ebolavirus
• Ivory Coast ebolavirus
• Bundibugyo ebolavirus
•DIRECT CONTACT
–Blood
–Body secretions
 • 2 to 21 days

• As long as blood and

secretions contain virus
LABORATORY DATA
• ELISA
• PCR
• Elevated liver enzymes
• Decreased platelets
• Decreased WBC
 MANAGEMENT

• No standard treatment
• Fluids and electrolytes
• Oxygenation
A. Anthrax infection
B. Dengue hemorrhagic fever
C.Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic
fever
D. Ebola hemorrhagic fever
A.Zaire subtype
B.Côte d’Ivoire subtype
C.Bundibugyo
D.Westnile subtype
A. 2 to 8 days
B. 2 to 21 days
C. 0 days to 10 weeks
D. 6 months
A. rash, red eyes, hiccups and internal and
external bleeding
B. hemoptysis, difficulty breathing,
respiratory arrest
C. mood swings, generalized edema,
confusion, convulsions
D. ascites, oliguria, blood in the urine