A worker at a farm in Lleida contracts swine flu

he European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported a case A worker at a farm in Lleida is infected with swine flu. No more related cases have been found in the area.

The Spanish authorities reported the outbreak on January 29 and published it in the ECDC weekly report, corresponding to the week of January 28 to February 3.

According to reports from European agencies, The patient is a case of human infection with swine influenza A H1N1 virus variant, which is a rare animal-to-human transmission.

It is reported vanguard This Tuesday, To date, only 73 cases of human infection with A(H1N1) have been detected worldwide.

The patient has no history of underlying diseases and no symptoms November 25 (cough with mucopurulent sputum, fever, malaise, and myalgia).

No signs of pneumonia found after chest X-ray The patient was diagnosed with bronchitis during an outpatient visit.

Maria Montoya“Influenza viruses that infect humans and pigs often have many similarities and are easily transmitted from humans to pig”. People who have frequent contact with animals, such as farm workers, “can spread the virus to animals and become infected with influenza viruses carried by pigs. In fact,” the first pandemic virus of the 21st century was the swine influenza virus, H1N1. “

What risks exist to the community?

“Swine flu virus is usually spread among pigs. It can be spread sporadically through the air to humans, mainly those who have direct contact with animals. It cannot be spread through the consumption of pork products, so No risk of food infection” said researchers José Ignacio Núñez and Llilianne Ganges from the Institute of Agricultural Food Research and Technology (IRTA).