MODEL RELEASED. Swine flu sample. Medical worker sealing a specimen transport bag for a sample of mucus from a patient thought to be infected with the H1N1 (swine flu) influenza virus. The specimen will be used for a culture sample and rapid testing. Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. This H1N1 strain is able to spread from human to human,and was declared a pandemic on 11 June 2009. Symptoms are similar to those of regular human flu. Photographed at Shaw Air Force Base,South Carolina,USA,on 3 June 2009 | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / McDowell, Kathrine / US Air Force |
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