Dear Friends,
Greetings from IMA A.P. STATE !
PLEASE BROWSE "CD ALERT" A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER RELEASED BY National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi about the Swine Influenza for your ready reference and further dissemination among your professional colleagues.
What is swine flu?
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited and not sustained beyond three people.
ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT
Oseltamivir is the recommended drug both for prophylaxis and treatment.
Prophylaxis is given to:
All close contacts of suspected, probable and confirmed cases. Close contacts include household /social contacts, workplace or school contacts, fellow travelers etc.
All health care personnel coming in contact with suspected, probable or confirmed cases
Supportive therapy includes:
For further details, please contact Dr.Avdesh on phone No. 011-23912961. For any Emergency Medical Relief and Central Monitoring, please dial 011-23921401. This is a dedicated number which is available round the clock. This information is also available on our H.Q. website www.ima-india.org.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
DR.SRINIVASA RAJU
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Thanks for informing accordingly, Prevention is better than cure so we should act quickly to prevent this Swine Flu
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