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What is the difference between Type B flu viruses and the Swine Flu?
They are different types of influenza viruses. Human "Swine flu" (H1N1/09) is caused by Type A viruses.
Are colds and the flu from the same virus?
No, they are different viruses and different types of viruses. Most common colds are caused by either the rhinoviruses or coronaviruses (but there are over 200 kinds of viruses that cause the common cold). Influenza is also caused by too many influenza viruses to name them all, but they are in the taxonomic family of viruses called orthomyxoviridae. Human influenza refers to one of the three major types of flu viruses ( Influenza types A,B, and C) that are endemic to the human population. If you mean the "stomach flu" (which is more appropriately called viral gastroenteritis), then it, too, is caused by different viruses; most common is norovirus (aka Norwalk Flu).
What type of virus cause flu?
Influenza viruses, Types A, B, and C. The flu viruses are all in the viral family called Orthomyxoviridae.
How is the flu different from bacterial infections?
It is caused by viruses not by bacteria.
Can you get a cold when you have had a flu jab?
Yes you can. They are totally different viruses.
Is flu a pathogen?
Flu is caused by a pathogen (by viruses) but is not the pathogen itself, flu is the disease the pathogen causes. Flu is short for influenza which is an infectious disease of the respiratory system caused by influenza viruses.
Which flu is the worst mad cow disease or Swine Flu?
Mad cow Disease is not a flu. It is caused by different kinds of organisms called prions, not viruses. It is much more severe than swine flu since the infection is in the brain and central nervous systems of the cattle.
Is the flu and HIV caused by the same virus?
Not even close. They are completely different viruses with drastically different RNA sequences (that's like DNA but for viruses).
Which of these is caused by a virus flu warts mumps?
The flu, warts and mumps are all caused by different viruses. The flu is caused by any of the influenza viruses, warts are caused by certain strains of human papillomavirus, and mumps are caused by the mumps virus.
Why do antibiotics have an effect on Swine Flu?
They do not have an effect on swine flu, but can be helpful if a secondary bacterial infection occurs with the flu or after the flu. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. The flu is caused by viruses. Antibiotics are for treating infections by bacteria, not for treating infections by viruses.
What is an immunization commonly known as a flu shot given to prevent?
A flu shot will prevent the type of influenza virus or viruses that have been used to make the vaccine. A,nd it may sometimes protect against a different, but very similar, strain.
What is the study of flu called?
The H1N1 Influenza is a virus and scientists who study viruses are called virologists and microbiologists. Others involved in the study of the flu are epidemiologists, pathologists, pharmacologists, and immunologists.
