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Erin Prater

The UK has detected its first human case of a new type of swine flu. What you need to know

Pigs in a rural area of China last year, where the H9N2 bird flu was reportedly infecting pigs and combining with swine flu. The A(H1N2)v swine flu has been detected in an individual in the UK for the first time, the region's Health Security Agency said Monday. (Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

A new type of swine flu has been detected in a United Kingdom human for the first time, the region’s Health Security Agency announced Monday.

Symptoms of influenza A(H1N2)v, clade 1b.1.1, were mild in the individual, who has fully recovered, health authorities said in a news release. Hundreds of documented cases of swine flu occur globally on an annual basis, each transmitted from a pig to a human, and typically no further.

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