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What is the scientific name for influenzaflu?
Influenza is a viral (Orthomyxoviridae) infection of the respiratory tract
What is the common medical name of the flu?
'Avian Influenza' is not the scientific name, the scientific name is actually Orthomyxoviridae, Influenza Type A, subtype H5N1. The common names are: Avian Influenza, bird flu, and fowl plague.
What type of virus cause flu?
Influenza viruses, Types A, B, and C. The flu viruses are all in the viral family called Orthomyxoviridae.
What type of virus is influenza?
Influenzavirus A, Group v virus, Orthomyxoviridae, an RNA virus. Specifically:Order: MononegaviralesFamily: OrthomyxoviridaeGenus/Genera: Influenzavirus ASpecies/Type: Influenza A virusSee the related questions for more details.Orthomyxovididae = influenza viruses
What viruses are related to Lassa Fever?
The virus families most closely related to Lassa Fever virus are the arenaviruses, as well as bunyaviridae and orthomyxoviridae. Lassa Fever virus is in the aernavirus family.
What has the author Edwin D Kilbourne written?
Edwin D. Kilbourne has written: 'The Influenza viruses and influenza' -- subject(s): Influenza, Influenza viruses 'Influenza' -- subject(s): Influenza, Influenza viruses, Orthomyxoviridae
What is the scientific term for flu?
The scientific term for flu is influenza. It is a viral infection that affects the respiratory system and can cause symptoms like fever, cough, and body aches.
What is the difference between dengue fever and influenza?
Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes, unlike Influenza, commonly Referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family orthomyxoviridae
What is the genus and species category for influenza?
it is a negative single strand RNA virus of family orthomyxoviridae having four group: influenza A, influenza B, influenza C, and thogoto virus. containing 7to 8 segments of linear rna with a genome length b/w 12,000 to 15,000.
What is the latin word for flu?
Since there was no Swine Flu like the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu until discovered in 2009, there was not a specific Latin name for the disease. One could be created from literal translation and would be something like: Orthomyxoviridae porcus. See the related question links section below for other names of the pandemic swine flu.
What kingdom is influenza in?
Viruses are classified differently than living organisms, since they are not technically alive. In taxonomy, viruses are not assigned to a Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, or Order. The influenza viruses start, in most classification systems, at the level of the Family. They are in the Family of Orthomyxoviridae. There are a few newer classification systems that have been developed to better categorize and classify viruses, but these are not yet the standard.
What is the Latin word for Swine Flu?
Since there was no swine flu like the H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu until discovered in 2009, there was not a specific Latin name for the disease. One could be created from literal translation and would be something like: Orthomyxoviridae porcus. See the related question links section below for other names of the pandemic swine flu.
