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Two more cases of swine flu have emerged in Lahore while patients have been shifted to isolation wards for the treatment, reported Dunya News. This is the sixth case which has been reported in Lahore during last one month. Patients are a doctor and nurse of Social Security Hospital Multan Road. Their treatment has started and they are being kept in isolation. Both the patients are associated with Psychiatry Department. Earlier, a nurse of Social Security Hospital Kot Lakhpat was tested positive of swine flu who is still under treatment. Another nurse who was positive of swine flu has been discharged after treatment. The first case of swine flu was of a physiotherapist of Social Security Hospital who died of the ailment. What is swine flue?Swine influenza also called swine flu is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is not common and does not always lead to human influenza, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood. If transmission does cause human influenza, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infection. The meat of an infected animal poses no risk of infection when properly cooked.
