Influenza Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in influenza and flu pandemics. Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects humans, birds and other mammals. The virus spreads easily from person to person. Influenza circulates worldwide and can affect anybody in any age group. Influenza causes annual epidemics that peak during winter in temperate regions. Influenza is a serious public health problem that causes severe illnesses and deaths for higher risk populations. The most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort. Sore throat, fever and coughs are the most frequent symptoms. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly. An influenza epidemic can take an economic toll through lost workforce productivity, and strain health services. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infection.

The objectives of Influenza Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for influenza and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to influenza.

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• PRO/AH> Avian influenza (16): United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) poultry, NOT
  Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:44:27 -0500
  Avian Influenza -- United Kingdom
  Investigations of the suspicious case in poultry in Northern Ireland excluded involvement with notifiable avian influenza (H5 and H7 subtypes) plus Newcastle disease.
  --
  Professor Ian H. Brown, MIBiol PhD
  Head of Virology Department
  Director of OIE/FAO International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease
  OIE Reference Laboratory for Swine Influenza
  Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
  Weybridge, UK
  
  [We are grateful to Professor Brown for the above response,

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