Swine flu virus (swine flu)

Swine flu virus (swine flu), which has created panic when the world is a genetic mix between eight different influenza virus, not flu virus H1N1 genetic usual.

"There was a reassortment in flu viruses, the flu where the pork comes from this new pigs exposed to swine flu, bird flu and human flu," said the doctor tuberculosis experts from Sita Andarini PhD, SPP after the Dialog Pig Flu held in the lab Kyoai Jakarta.

Sita says, pigs in the farm always fell ill flu each year, for example the end of every autumn, but the swine flu virus is different from the swine flu virus H1N1 is new.

"In the new swine flu virus has been a combination of genes, so that the virus changed to a new H1N1 virus genes," he said.

Flu virus itself, he explained, many type. In the human flu virus is H3N2, H3N1, H1N1, and H1N1 in pigs and H5N1 in birds.

He also reminded that the swine flu can occur not only in the subtropical regions, cold, or high latitude, because the flu virus that pigs live in the optimal temperature of 37 degrees Celsius.

"Now this is the spread of swine flu are to the tropical region," he said while people ask cautious about this.

To anticipate the possibility of infected swine flu cases, he asks for, so that people refuse contact with an infected bird flu, using a special mask, always wash hands, and the rest at home if exposed to flu.

Flu patients who suspect (suspected) swine flu, he said, diisolasi for seven days after symptoms start. After seven days, and stated the total recovery is not infectious and can return beraktivitas.