Influenza viruses are named according to the types of proteins on the outer surface of the virus. The two main proteins are hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). The swine influenza virus in the 2009 outbreak was an H1N1 virus. In fact, although the termswine fluis often used to descri...
IIn most cases, the United States, the novel H1N1 flu in children and young adults. Lower than the seasonal flu virus and the bug is not ready or would change as the pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. But some groups, in particular, a high risk of serious illness or poor results, if...
Things to Know About Flu in Adults Flu treatment includes resting in bed, staying hydrated, and taking over-the-counter fever-reducing drugs. Influenza (flu) is an acute viral infection of the nose, throat, and lungs. It is a common cause of acute respiratory illness and can affect people...
Most U.S. cases of H1N1 swine flu have been in children and young adults. It's not clear whether this will change as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic wanes and the virus becomes a seasonal flu bug. But certain groups are at particularly high risk of severe disease or bad outcomes if they get ...
Clinical and serological responses to an inactivated influenza vaccine in adults with HIV infection, diabetes, obstructive airways disease, elderly adults ... To investigate the clinical and serological responses to an inactivated influenza vaccine (split-virion A/Singapore/6/86-like strains H1N1 (15 ...
A sizeable body of literature exists involving experimental volunteer challenge studies of healthy adults, summarized in a systematic review and metaanalysis by Carrat and colleagues [1]. More recently, a number of studies have examined these parameters for natural infections due to the influenza A(...
The H1N1 virus has everyone across the world in a panic. Ever since the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus a national pandemic, the world has prepared for the worst. One of the hallmark traits of a pandemic flu virus is that just like the seasonal flu, it affects young peop...
What Are PneumoniaSymptomsand Signs in Adults and Children? Most people who develop pneumonia initially have symptoms of acold(upper respiratory infection, for example, sneezing,sore throat,cough), which are then followed by a high fever (sometimes as high as 104 F), shaking chills, and a cou...
“We will be able to compare the biological and behavioral data of young adults’ experiences prior to the Covid-19 epidemic and during the Covid-19 epidemic,” noted Jason during a recent conference presentation about the research. This kind of prospective research design, in which people are...
As of March 1, 2021, no bird flu infections have been reported in humans in the U.S. Although the H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic strain contained some bird flu genes, it was not the same strain as the original H5N1 bird flu. The virus spreads through infected birds shedding the virus in ...