Swine flu : An Emerging Challenge

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Swine flu An Emerging Challenge
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Professor
Salah Agha
Head of Clinical Microbiology Unit, Clinical
Pathology Department Faculty of Medicine,
Mansoura University
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Classification

• Family Orthomyxoviridae
• Three main types
• Type A
• Multiple species
• Type B
• Humans
• Type C
• Humans and swine

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Nomenclature
NIH web conf
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Diagnosis

• Clinical and epidemiological characteristics
• Antigen detection
• Isolation Clinical specimens (e.g.,
  nasopharynx, throat, sputum) on embryonated eggs
  primary cell line
• Direct antigen testing for type A virus
• PCR

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• Antibody Detection
• Significant rise in influenza IgG by serologic
  assay

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