Bird flu (Avian Flu) is a Type A influenza and contains RNA.
The common seasonal flu ("regular" flu) is an RNA virus.
Swine flu is an RNA virus belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae.
All of Influenza A, B and C are RNA viruses, part of the Orthomyxo family and genus.
The influenza virus genome is ssRNA (single stranded)
A flu virus is a single strand of RNA.
it is rna
The Bird Flu virus manifests itself in a variety of ways. The symptoms of bird flu are: running nose, high ever, cough, lethargy, and general fatigue.
no it's a virus
Viruses cause flu. Viruses are little pieces of DNA or RNA surrounded by a shell. These viruses infect a cell. Once they get inside a cell, the viruses lose their shells and the pieces of DNA or RNA start making new copies of the DNA or RNA and put them into new shells. The cell then falls apart and releases all the new viruses. Sometimes a bird, animal, or human catches two or more types of flu at once. Then pieces of DNA or RNA from two different types of flu can get together in one shell. It makes a new type of flu. That type of flu starts infecting animals or people. The pig didn't start the swine flu. Two viruses infected a pig at the same time and created the virus responsible for swine flu.See the related question below for more details of how the virus went from pigs to people.
An RNA virus whose genome is complementary to RNA and that carries mRNA polymerases necessary for the synthesis of a new virus.
The H5N1 Virus is the Avian Flu, or otherwise recognized as the bird flu. :)
H5N1