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Review Article Volume 6 Issue 1
Swine Flu Vaccination: Introduction & Recent Developments
Shoaib Ahmad
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rayat-Bahra University, India
Received: September 07, 2017 | Published: February 20, 2018
Citation: Ahmad S (2018) Swine Flu Vaccination: Introduction & Recent Developments. J Microbiol Exp 6(1): 00185. DOI: 10.15406/jmen.2018.06.00185
Abstract
Swine flu is a viral disease caused by H1N1 virus. This virus has genes drawn from swine, avian and human sources. The 2009 outbreak of swine flu in United States and subsequent spread to almost across the world has drawn the attention of scientific community. Swine flu poses danger to public health. It has caused some 2500 deaths in India alone. Many efforts have been made to develop effective drugs and vaccines against swine flu. Occurrence of bullous pemphigoid and narcolepsy as adverse reactions to vaccination has raised concerns for safety and therapeutic monitoring. The present article focuses on vaccination and attempts to outline the historical developments and issue related to it.
Keywords: Swine flu, H1N1 virus, Vaccination, Safety, Monitoring, Biomedical, Infectious disease, Public health, Bullous Pemphigoid, Narcolepsy, Pregnant women, Children, Travelers, Nurses, Neutralization, Mercury, Pandemrix, Catastroph, Dilemmas, Social media
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