Swine Flu
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Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by a strain of the influenza type A virus known as H1N1 - the same strain which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu. A version of the strain emerged in Mexico in 2009, which became the first flu pandemic for forty years. Tamiflu and Relenza are used to treat swine flu. [1]
Vaccination
As the outbreak reached pandemic proportions, drug companies began developing a vaccine for swine flu. Baxter International Inc. announced its vaccine would be available by July 2009 - just three months after the outbreak. [2] GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Sanofi-Aventis and Solvay SA (SOLB.BT) also started producing vaccines.[3]
Notes
- ↑ BBC News. Advice about swine flu Accessed on 10 July 2009.
- ↑ Kamp, J. UPDATE: Baxter Starts Making Swine Flu Vaccine Accessed on 10 July 2009.
- ↑ Kamp, J. UPDATE: Baxter Starts Making Swine Flu Vaccine Accessed on 10 July 2009.
