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Questions and Answers: What is swine flu? Swine Influenza (swine
flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza
viruses. Outbreaks of swine flu happen regularly in pigs. People
do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do
happen. Most commonly, human cases of swine flu happen in people
who are around pigs but itís possible for swine flu viruses to
spread from person to person also. Are there human infections
with swine flu in the U.S.? In late March and early April 2009,
cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses
were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio,
Texas. Cases were also reported from Mexico Is this swine flu
virus contagious? CDC has determined that this virus is
contagious and is spreading from human to human. However, at
this time, it not known how easily the virus spreads between
people. What are the signs