| Health / Medical Topics |
H1N1 Influenza
An acute viral respiratory infection caused by a strain of influenza virus which is endemic in swine (pigs). Rarely reported in humans prior to 2009, the disease is caused by a mutated strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. It is highly contagious and spreads mainly through coughing and sneezing. Signs and symptoms include fever, chills, coughing, sore throat headache, muscle ache, and generalized weakness. Antiviral medications are most effective in the first two days of the illness. (NCI Thesaurus)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus. It's named for a virus that pigs can get. People do not normally…
Human H19 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11p15.5 and is approximately 6 kb in length. This allele, which encodes…
Maternally expressed exclusively and developmentally regulated human putative tumor suppressor H19 Gene encodes H19 Imprinted Maternal Untranslated mRNA. Expression in developing skeletal…
This gene plays a role in genomic imprinting and may be involved in the negative regulation of cell growth.
H/ACA ribonucleoprotein complex non-core subunit NAF1 (494 aa, ~54 kDa) is encoded by the human NAF1 gene. This protein plays a role…
H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 7 (805 aa, ~89 kDa) is encoded by the human CLCN7 gene. This protein plays a role in proton-coupled,…
