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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  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:15 GMT
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  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:46 GMT
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  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:43 GMT
• EMA Backs Fluad Tetra for Influenza Prophylaxis in the Elderly - Medscape
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:37 GMT
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  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 06:09 GMT
• Experts: COVID-19-causing virus is nothing like influenza - The Daily Progress
  Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:43 GMT
• Washington's Influenza Update Reports Flu Activity is Elevated But Decreasing • Newstalk KBKW - Newstalk KBKW
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:14 GMT
• 'It's just the flu' remark undermines how seriously influenza should be taken - NNY360
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:00 GMT
• Researchers develop chemically modified phage capsid that “stifles” influenza viruses - News-Medical.Net
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:34 GMT
• Documentary details lethal influenza of 1918 - Albuquerque Journal
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:30 GMT
• Influenza A and B viruses with reduced baloxavir susceptibility display attenuated in vitro fitness but retain ferret transmissibility - pnas.org
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:14 GMT
• US Flu Cases Reach 32 Million, Pediatric Hospitalization Rates Hit Record High - Contagionlive.com
  Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:00 GMT
• Influenza-like activity soars again during historic flu season amid escalating pandemic - AccuWeather.com
  Fri, 27 Mar 2020 17:37 GMT
• How Did LA Cope With The Influenza Pandemic Of 1918? - LAist
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:00 GMT
• Salem History: The Spanish flu of 1918 pandemic and how it compares to COVID-19 - Statesman Journal
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:34 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (36): Hungary (BK) poultry, HPAI H5N8, OIE
  Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:20:42 -0400
  Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Hungary
  Information received on [and dated] 26 Mar 2020 from Dr Lajos Bognar, deputy state secretary chief veterinary officer, Food Chain Safety Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Budapest, Hungary
  Summary
  Report type: immediate notification
  Date of start of the event: 22 Mar 2020
  Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Mar 2020
  Report date: 26 Mar 2020
  Date submitted to OIE: 26 Mar 2020
  Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
  Date of previous occurrence: 31 Jan

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