{"id":8632,"date":"2023-09-22T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/another-american-is-struck-down-with-swine-flu-after-close-contact-with-infected-pigs-at\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:09:11","slug":"another-american-is-struck-down-with-swine-flu-after-close-contact-with-infected-pigs-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/another-american-is-struck-down-with-swine-flu-after-close-contact-with-infected-pigs-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Another American is struck down with SWINE FLU after close contact with infected pigs at"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"96.53904494382\">\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The unnamed patient was visiting an agricultural fair where he caught the virus\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Two others were infected with H1N1 in 2023 after contact with infected pigs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>READ MORE: Rare Brazilian <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12219031\/Brazilian-woman-dies-SWINE-FLU-case-decades-sparks-terror-CDC-investigation.html\" rel=\"noopener\">swine flu death sparks terror<\/a> and a CDC investigation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-123\/cassidy-morrison.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-09-22T19:36:07+0100\"> 14:36 EDT, 22 September 2023 <\/time><\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-09-22T20:06:18+0100\"> 15:06 EDT, 22 September 2023 <\/time><\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/7.2.3\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]><!--><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/9.6.3\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.18.1\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--><link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> --><!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at\n    http:\/\/www.omniture.com --><!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. --><!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> --><!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n  \n  <noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/gunther-2159\/video_bundle--.css\"><\/noscript>\n  \n<![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> --><link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/7.2.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.rel=\" stylesheet=\"\" \/><noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/videoplayer\/7.2.0\/styles\/mol-fe-videoplayer.min.css\" \/><\/noscript>  <!-- <![endif]-->   <!-- CWV --><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" wp_automatic_readability=\"85.700928154005\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A third case of swine <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/flu\/index.html\" id=\"mol-4f069060-5975-11ee-869f-811068df9fff\" rel=\"noopener\">flu<\/a> in the US this year was confirmed in an unnamed patient who had recently been in contact with pigs at a fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-cdc\/index.html\" id=\"mol-4f057ef0-5975-11ee-869f-811068df9fff\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control<\/a> and Prevention announced the latest infection on Friday in a tweet, though it did not disclose where the person lived and attended the fair, their gender, or their age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swine flu, or H1N1, rarely spreads from animal to person, but the infamous 2009 outbreak was the product of the virus mutating to become capable of getting humans sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">People can catch swine flu <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12374419\/Two-people-Michigan-infected-SWINE-FLU-attending-county-fairs-CDC-reveals.html\" rel=\"noopener\">from contact with infected pigs<\/a>\u00a0though it is relatively uncommon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The symptoms of swine flu are similar to those of other influenza viruses and include fever, aches, chills, cough, headache, nausea, and fatigue.\u00a0But cases are normally mild and clear up on their own in a few weeks with little risk of death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-acbd22116460c1fa\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/19\/62367957-12550601-The_patients_contracted_different_strains_at_separate_agricultur-a-26_1695407712781.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The patient contracted the virus at an agricultural fair last month, where they were exposed to infected pigs\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-acbd22116460c1fa\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/19\/62367957-12550601-The_patients_contracted_different_strains_at_separate_agricultur-a-26_1695407712781.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The patient contracted the virus at an agricultural fair last month, where they were exposed to infected pigs\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The patient contracted the virus at an agricultural fair last month, where they were exposed to infected pigs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The driver of the 2009 swine flu epidemic was a strain of H1N1 that had combined bird, swine, and human influenza A viruses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The outbreak disproportionately affected children and teens who were more susceptible to illness so severe it required hospitalization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A report from the World Health Organization found that in 2009, the number of infections in the US reached 59 million with 265,000 hospitalized and 12,000 dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The latest case of three this year is concerning as it opens the door to possible transmission from human to human.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the speed at which H1N1 cases have been cropping up this year pales in comparison to the 2009 crisis, which snowballed into a global health concern within about four weeks of the strain first being discovered in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The most recent cases of swine flu were reported in Michigan where two unrelated people caught different strains at separate fairs in July, where they were exposed to infected pigs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both of them experienced mild illness and fully recovered with no evidence that they transmitted the infections to others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Details in the latest case are scarce, but the CDC made several <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/swineflu\/prevention.html\">recommendations<\/a> for other people to avoid potential infection if they find themselves at an agricultural fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They include avoiding pigs if a person is already prone to severe illness, do not take food or drink into areas with pigs, was hands before and after contact, and watch your pig (if you have one) for illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Swine flu infection from pigs to humans is relatively rare and those with direct contact with pigs regularly, such as farmers and slaughterhouse workers, are most at risk of direct &#8216;zoonotic&#8217; transmission.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Typically, a virus like H1N1 which encompasses various strains can become mutated with genetic material from other influenza viruses to make a chimeric version capable of infecting humans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">For instance, the strain that caused the 2009 outbreak was dubbed the H1N1pdm09 influenza virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Another American is struck down with SWINE FLU after close contact with infected pigs at county fair, CDC reveals<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><!-- ad: 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