Can swine flu be caused by eating chicken?

In fact, chicken is associated with bird flu or H1N5 virus, which was a threat back in 2005. Swine flu, on the other hand, is caused by influenza A virus of the subtype H1N1. Bird flu can be transmitted when you consume chicken, but swine flu has only human to human transmission and no other source of transmission has been identified till date. Steps should be taken regarding the actual transit of the H1N1 virus. read more

Swine flu spreads through droplet nuclei or fomites that is it spreads through inhalation of the virus or touching the contaminated surface and then touching your mouth or nose. Wash your hands properly and don't blame it on the chicken. read more

Cooking chicken properly is vital not because of the swine flu virus but because chicken can be carriers of salmonella, E.coli and other nasty bugs. The consumption of raw food products and incompletely cooked meat and poultry is a high-risk practice and should be discouraged. read more