The British Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) announced on Monday that the first case of the swine flu virus has been diagnosed in a man in the United Kingdom.
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“UKHSA has identified a confirmed and isolated human case of influenza A(H1N2)v virus,” the agency said in a statement, which it said was a “first” in the United Kingdom.
The case was detected “as part of routine national surveillance” carried out by health authorities, he added, adding that the person involved had “suffered a mild illness and fully recovered”.
UKHSA says the source of this person’s infection is “yet to be determined and under investigation”.
“We are working to quickly identify close contacts (of the affected person) and minimize potential contamination,” UKHSA’s general director of incidents Meera Chand said.
The H1N2 virus is one of the main subtypes of the swine flu virus in pigs, and it occasionally infects humans, usually after direct or indirect exposure to pigs or contaminated environments, the British institute explains.
Fifty cases of human transmission of this H1N2 influenza virus have already been detected worldwide since 2005.
Human infections caused by swine influenza viruses are usually mild, although some severe cases have been reported.
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