Research Paper on Swine Flu Swine flu is a disease that has affected humanity for many years. The swine flu virus also has a very intriguing history. Swine flu had originated from the first influenza pandemic in 1918. The real swine flu virus came from a pig in Iowa in 1931. Two years later a human strain of swine flu was first found in London. This was then followed by the Hong Kong influenza pandemic in 1968 which killed up to a million people worldwide. Many years after these pandemics occurred, the first cases of swine flu were found in California and Texas in March 2009. This pandemic killed 25,174 people infected with swine flu. A couple of months later, the United States and the United Kingdom began testing people for swine flu and began vaccination programs. Swine flu has had a long history and has caused the deaths of large numbers of people in global pandemics in the past. As a result, countries like the United States have started taking steps towards vaccination. The virus has many different ways of transmitting, signs and symptoms, areas of the world it infects, and treatment plans. The size of the swine flu virus varies from ten to three hundred nanometers in diameter. Compared to real-world measurements, a nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter. The shape overall is a sphere, meaning it caters to members of the animal kingdom such as mammals. The swine flu virus is not classified into a kingdom, phylum, or class because it is not considered living. However, it is part of the order Mononegavirales which includes all viruses that can infect any of the six kingdoms. The family is Orthomyxoviridae which is all spherical...... middle of paper ......nza/variant influenzavirus. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swineflu/Marshall, M. (2009, October 29). Timeline: The Secret History of Swine Flu. Retrieved from://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18063timeline-the-secret-history-of-swineflu.htmlScienceDaily. (2009, September 3). World's first swine flu vaccine study reveals one dose provides090903064927.htmUSA.gov. (2009, December 7). Updated interim recommendations for the use of antiviral drugs in the treatment and prevention of influenza for the 2009-2010 season. Retrieved http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/recommendations.htmZamora, A. (2007, October 8). Human viruses. Retrieved: http://www.scientificpsychic.com/health/virus.html