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Q66 (IAS/2010) Science & Technology › Biotechnology & Health › Public health epidemiology Answer Verified

Consider the following statements: 1. Every individual in the population is equally susceptible host for Swine Flu. 2. Antibiotics have no role in the primary treatment of Swine Flu 3. To prevent the future spread of Swine Flu in the epidemic area, the swine (pigs) must all be culled Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: B
Explanation

Statement 2 is correct: antibiotics do not treat viral infections and are not part of primary therapy for H1N1; antiviral agents (e.g., oseltamivir, zanamivir) are recommended as mainstay treatment and should be started early in appropriate patients [1]. Statement 1 is incorrect because susceptibility is not uniform — risk varies by exposure and risk groups (persons with close swine contact and certain high-risk clinical groups have higher risk), so individuals are not equally susceptible hosts. Statement 3 is also incorrect: control emphasizes prevention in swine, surveillance, vaccination and limiting transmission rather than blanket culling of all pigs as a routine population-level measure [2].

Sources

  1. [1] Science ,Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 3: Health: The Ultimate Treasure > 3.5.1 Treatment of diseases > p. 39
  2. [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214999615012308
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