title: Swine flu-have we learnt any lesson from the past?
abstract: The world has suffered the pandemics due to swine flu in the past. The present epidemic in India has claimed many lives. Even, after the first outbreak of swine flu in 2009 no concrete efforts are done to prevent this infection. There is an urgent need to take radical steps to prevent such epidemics.
authors: General Duty Medical Officer-II, Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors: Sankalp
authors: S
authors: Yadav
authors: Attending Consultant, Critical Care Department, Rockland Hospital, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.
authors: Gautam
authors: G
authors: Rawal
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Swine flu; epidemic; influenza