This year the situation seems more complicated, as the upcoming flu season coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic. This could overwhelm hospitals, straining(过度使用)resources and healthcare workers' time. 1. What do we know about influenza? A. Influenza viruses are continuously changing. B. It...
Laboratory tests ruled out respiratory pathogens as the cause, such as influenza, avian influenza, adenovirus, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus.China sent a situation update to the WHO. The WHO released its first briefing on cases...
Influenza viruses are presumed, but not conclusively known, to spread among humans by several possible routes. We provide evidence of a mode of transmission seldom considered for influenza: airborne virus transport on microscopic particles called “aerosolized fomites.” In the guinea pig model of inf...
The World Health Organization has finally labeled COVID-19 as a pandemic, but does it change anything or is it just semantics?
Another influenza outbreak – the Hong Kong flu – started to spread from China in 1968. It was caused by a compound virus, which combined the Asian virus from ten years earlier with a form of bird flu. It killed around 1 million people – most of them older than 65. 另一场流感爆发—...
If you had two measles vaccines when you were a child, you would be protected for life.However, it's a different story when it comes to influenza(流行性感冒),commonly known as "the flu", which generally peaks between December and February. Flu vaccines cannot protect us in the long term...
Here’s what you need to know about COVID-19 pneumonia today. Read: Types of Respiratory Viral Infections. What Is Pneumonia? Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung tissue. It’s caused by a number of viral infections, such as the influenza (flu) virus or SARS-CoV-2 – the culprit ...
co-infectioninfluenza virusseverityfatalityBackground: An emerging outbreak of COVID-19 has rapidly caused global pandemic. Few studies were reported on the incidence and role of influenza virus co-infecdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3576904Wang, GeXie, Meng...
由第五段中的"T hus,to d evelop effective flu vaccines , over 100 nation al influenza centers around the world conduct year- round survillance (监测) for infuenz a."(因此,为了研制有效的流感疫苗,全世界10 0多个国家流感中心对流感进行了全年监测。 )可 知为了研制有效的流感疫苗,研究人员全年...
applied to new influenza strains, and "an influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges and spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity," the WHO states on its website. "Viruses that have caused past pandemics typically originated from animal influenza viruses....