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How accurate is it that it was two types of swine flu, the avian flu and the human flu?

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Dr. Charles Burger answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Critical Care

Flu: The names and types of are often related to the living source in which the flu lives chronically, called endemic source. Swine flu (also called h1n1) is endemic in pigs and avian or bird flu (h5n1) resides in birds. How the different influenzas are transmitted to humans and the symptoms produced depends on a lot of factors.

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