http://swinefluremedies.org Swine Flu Remedies and Information Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:02:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://swinefluremedies.org/flu-information/what-is-a-pandemic.html http://swinefluremedies.org/flu-information/what-is-a-pandemic.html#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 21:48:08 +0000 Azneulfni http://swinefluremedies.org/?p=15 A pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new virus appears or “emerges” in the human population, causes serious illness, and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or “epidemics” of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that already circulate among people, whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes, by subtypes that have never circulated among people, or by subtypes that have not circulated among people for a long time. Past pandemics have led to high levels of illness, death, social disruption, and economic loss.

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