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/EDR> Influenza (28): Asia, PAHO update, USA, treatment
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  Influenza -- Worldwide/Unknown
  From January to October [2019], Gandhi Hospital [Hyderabad, Telangana], the nodal centre for swine flu [influenza A] and H1N1 infection in the state, recorded over 94 positive cases of swine flu [influenza A(H1N1)pdm09] with 22 confirmed deaths. While the numbers do not seem to be as high as last year [2018], doctors have advised the utmost precautionary measures to the public while administering their staff and themselves with vaccines against the flu.
  According to Dr. Krishnamurthy, Head

• ZBP1 governs the inflammasome-independent IL-1α and neutrophil inflammation that play a dual role in anti-influenza virus immunity.
  
• Does health plan type influence receipt of an annual influenza vaccination?
  
• Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase-Receptor Balance: Preserving Virus Motility.
  
• M2e-based universal influenza vaccines: a historical overview and new approaches to development.