Swine Flu

By Malachi Roldan

  • H2 Virus

    Before 1889 the flu virus was just part of the H1 family. But the H2 virus then came from Russia which killed a lot of people.

  • Spanish Flu

    The “Spanish flu” epidemic of 1918 kills at least 50 million people worldwide.

  • 1st Swine Flu

    Swine flu is first isolated from a pig in Iowa

  • First Human Swine Virus

    The first human flu virus is isolated at Mill Hill in London.

  • Army Flu

    An H1N1 virus kills a US army recruit but the virus does not spread out of the army base.

  • H1N1 in China

    An H1N1 virus appears in north-east China and was in humans.

  • Predescessor of H1N1

    Outbreak of the predecessor of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus in the United States.

  • New Swine Flu

    The first cases of a new type of swine flu are reported in California and Texas in late March.