This depends on your immunity. For people with pre existing COPD, this can be for several weeks duration. For healthy individuals, it can be even 5-10 days if medications are timely

Symptoms include stuffy nose, fever, chills, cough, headache, aches, tiredness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and dehydration. But a laboratory test and your doctor will help in final diagnosis.

Clinics nearby offer flu shots. Swine flu shot for children is given by the state health departments. Adults can get it at pharmacies, clinics or with doctors nearby. Before this, please check out the website of CDC and take help form flu shot locator links present there

This is a monococcal type of virus. The shape of h1n1 2009 virus is oblong. It is not spherical in shape. If you intend to check out, electron microscope images of this virus, please check out the Internet

Being in close association with patients can cause this infection. Surfaces, utensils or items handled by infected patients can also become the cause. With all, uncleanliness and lack of personal hygiene is the main cause of flu

Type A flu virus is the causative agent of swine flu. It is very commonly referred to as H1N1 2009 virus. The genes of it is reported to be a combination of the ones in birds, humans and pigs.

What are the symptoms that you have? Depending on this , it is easy to estimate regarding contraction. However, please call your doctor and check out with him. If you have flu symptoms along with nausea and vomiting or diarrhea, you can go through rapid influenza test by talking to your doctor proactively on time

Children can get this at the state health department in case of swine flu. Seasonal flu vaccines are available at clinics for all. Adults can get it at pharmacies, clinics or health departments in and around. Please refer to CDC website. They have a list of state health department clinics and ALA flu shot locator that would help you with this

Swine flu was initially just like seasonal flu. But when it started becoming fatal, the history was traced. It has been reported that this started in Mexico, Texas and California. Then infections were seen in UK,Canada, Spain, Newzeland and other eastern regions of the globe. At the end of April 2009, WHO and CDDC raised alarms in this regard

Swine flu can get into anyone who is of any age. High risk group constitute aged, children under 5, pregnant women, people with premedical health problems like bronchitis, asthma and the like. When the immunity of a person is reduced, he is said to be prone to this ailment