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Influenza

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Influenza Summary
1,266 words, approx. 4 pages
Influenza (commonly known as flu) is a highly contagious illness caused by a group of viruses called the orthomyxoviruses. Infection with these viruses leads to a self-limiting illness usually characterized by fever, muscle aches, fatigue, and upper...
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Influenza Summary
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Influenza is an infectious disease caused by the influenza virus. The term influenza is used to describe influenza and other similar illnesses. The general symptoms of influenza, also known as the flu or grippe, are chills, headache, fever, weakness...
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Influenza : Environmental Health Terms
136 words, approx. 1 pages
Commonly known as ‘flu’. It is an acute viral disease of the respiratory tract. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, myalgia (muscular pain), sore throat, cough and malaise. Gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diarrhoea and vomiting,...
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Influenza Summary
1,964 words, approx. 7 pages
Influenza is a highly infectious disease that affects the respiratory (breathing) tract. It is also known as the flu or grippe. The disease is caused by a virus. When inhaled, the virus attacks cells in the upper part of the respiratory system and...
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Influenza Information
11,001 words, approx. 37 pages
Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). In humans, common symptoms of influenza are fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache,...


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News and Journals
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Journal of the National Medical Association
Influenza Vaccine
02/01/2004: 331 words, approx. 1 pages
This 2003-2004 year's trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine consists of three strains of influenza: influenza A (H1N1), influenza A (H3N2), and influenza B (not categorized into subtypes). The components of the vaccine are selected based upon predictions of influenza strains likely to be circulating in...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Influenza revisited.(INFLUENZA: OVERVIEW)
01/01/2006: 1,488 words, approx. 5 pages
This issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases includes a group of invited articles addressing pandemic influenza. Over the past 2 years, concerns about a new influenza pandemic caused by either an epizootic avian strain, such as H5N1, or by some other influenza virus have...
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AP News
Equine influenza halts Aussie racing
8/25/2007: 496 words, approx. 2 pages
Racetracks across Australia were all but shut down Saturday, the country's richest horse race is in doubt and losses could total more than a billion dollars after an outbreak of equine influenza.The highly contagious equine virus was discovered in 11 non-racehorses at the Centennial Park...
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AP Features
Half-dozen medical centers and universities picked for money to avert influenza pandemic
4/2/2007: 271 words, approx. 1 pages
The government's work to prevent an influenza pandemic took on a more academic look Monday when it selected six universities and medical centers to help lead research efforts.The Department of Health and Human Services will spend $23 million a year for the next seven years...
 


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