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INFLUENZA
the MUTANT virus
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According to Loewe mutations are changes in the genetic sequence, and they are a main cause of diversity among organisms
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According to WHO Influenza is a viral infection that affects mainly the nose, throat, bronchi and, occasionally, lungs.
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Influenza or Flu is different from a COLD
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CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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USA
Over a period of 30 years (1976-2006), estimates of flu-associated deaths in the United States range from 3,000 to 49,000 people.
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November through March.
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CDC monitors circulating flu viruses and their related disease activity and provides influenza reports each week.
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How does CDC monitor the progress of the flu season?
- Laboratory-based viral surveillance
- Outpatient physician surveillance
- Mortality surveillance as report
- Hospitalization surveillance
- State and territorial epidemiologist report
Consists
- +145 laboratories
- 3,000 outpatient health care providers
- Vital statistics offices in 122 cities
- Emerging Infections Program (EIP)
- Influenza surveillance coordinators and state epidemiologists
Pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus and ear infections.
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"The time from when a person is exposed to flu virus to when symptoms begin is about 1 to 4 days, with an average of about 2 days."(WHO, 2014)
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Treatments
- Get extra rest
- Drink plenty of fluids to replace those lost from fever.
- Avoid smoking and breathing secondhand smoke
- Sponge your body with lukewarm water to reduce fever
- Medicines and Flu Shots
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