French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety

Swine influenza

Swine influenza

Swine influenza is a respiratory disease that affects 50% of the swine population in France. It is generally benign but serious or recurrent outbreaks on swine farms can occur, leading to health alerts and significant economic losses. Swine influenza viruses have the potential for transmission to humans. Find out more about this disease and ANSES’s work on the topic.

Swine influenza and influenza viruses: Questions & Answers

29/01/2013

Keywords : Swine influenza, H1N1 (Swine), Zoonosis, Animal diseases, Animal health

What was the origin of the virus that caused the 2009 human A(H1N1) flu pandemic? The genome of the A(H1N1) virus responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic has a novel gene constellation derived from several swine influenza viruses, but scientists have not been able to determine the date or place where this viral reassortment process took place, nor the host (human or animal).

Agency activities concerning swine influenza

29/01/2013

Keywords : Swine influenza, H1N1 (Swine), Zoonosis, Animal diseases

Swine influenza is a respiratory disease that affects 50% of the swine population in France. It is generally benign but serious or recurrent outbreaks on swine farms can occur, leading to health alerts and significant economic losses. Swine influenza viruses have the potential for transmission to humans. The 2009 outbreak of the human swine flu pandemic following the reassortment of several swine viruses, highlighted the need to monitor and study flu viruses in pigs. The Agency’s activities in this area involve four levels of action and expertise: reference work, epidemiological surveillance, research and expert assessment. The details follow.

H1N1 virus and wastewater

24/01/2013

Keywords : Water, Tap water, Avian influenza, H1N1 (Swine), Wastewater

The World Health Organization declared the occurrence of a human influenza pandemic due to the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus on 11 June 2009. France had been preparing for this eventuality for several years, particularly through the French plan to prevent and control an influenza pandemic. At that time, the Agency was requested to assess the risks to workers, associated with the presence of the InfluenzaA (H1N1)2009 pandemic virus in wastewater.

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