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The swine flu pandemic plagued Mexico in March 2009, which spread all over the world rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) initially called it as “swine flu”. On Apr. 30, 2009, WHO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) and World Organization for Animal Health reached an agreement to replace “swine flu” with influenza A (H1N1) [1, 2].
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Hongjun, L., Ning, L. (2013). Introduction of Influenza A (H1N1). In: Li, H., Li, N. (eds) Radiology of Influenza A (H1N1). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6162-9_1
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