[jessp687]

There have been a few cases of swine flu around my area
anything happening in India and Do you all think they will have questions about it on the USMLE Should I go read up on it and Anyone deciding not to take Vaccine, yes even as a medical student I would not take the vaccine

 

[lemontea88]

There have been a few cases of swine flu around my area
anything happening in India and Do you all think they will have questions about it on the USMLE

I think maybe some basics regarding influenza will be tested. Global outbreaks tend to turn into questions from what I heard. But not immediately though. It takes the people in the boards some time to make really good and fair questions.

 

[khanar]

Just make sure that it's influenza A
Negative sense RNA Orthomyxovirus and that the reason it jumped from pigs to humans is via Genetic Shift as it is a segmented virus.

This is what they will ask you in Step 1

 

[dr.dhruvdesai]

isnt it type b this strain causing swine flu...?:scared: