H1N1 virus is sometimes mentioned in the news with reference to which one of the following diseases?
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Option 4 : Swine flu
The correct answer is Swine flu.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- HIV is transmitted through unsafe sexual acts if the other person is also infected with the virus.
- Some of the infectious agents, such as HIV, hepatitis B, and syphilis, can also be passed on from an infected mother to a newborn baby and can also be transmitted via blood transfusions.
- HIV infection may also be transmitted through contaminated blood products, syringes, and needles used for injection, etc.
- Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever are all mosquito-borne diseases transmitted to humans by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
- Influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged in 2009.
- Swine flu is caused by influenza type A H1N1.
- Bird flu is caused by a viral strain H5N1.
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