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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.
Why is swine flu not called swine flu in Israel?
H1N1/09 pandemic swine flu is called by many different names in different places. See the related questions below for more information.
Is H1A1 the scientific name for Swine Flu?
No, A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like virus is the scientific name. It is more commonly called A-H1N1/09. See the related question below for more detail on the many names world wide for this influenza.
When is the stomach flu season?
The "stomach flu" is most prevalent in winter in temperate climates and in summer in the tropics. For that reason, it used to also be called "winter flu". It is also sometimes called the Norwalk flu or Norwalk agent (a very large outbreak occurred in Norwalk, hence the name). It is actually not really the flu. What is most often called stomach flu is viral gastroenteritis. That just means an irritation of the stomach and intestines by a virus. It is very contagious and is commonly spread when people are gathered together in close proximity through person to person contact or fecal contamination of foods or water. Sometimes food borne illness/food poisoning that is due to bacteria is also mistakenly called the stomach flu. The viruses most commonly associated with viral gastroenteritis are Norovirus and Rotavirus.
What is sucrose more commonly called?
it is commonly known as the table sugar.
What is the name of the flu that started in 2009?
It is most often called the Swine Flu or H1N1/09, however it is called by many different names both in the US and in other countries. See the related question below for more information about names for this pandemic flu.
What kind of Flu is Norwalk?
It is commonly called the "stomach flu", however, it is not really the flu at all. It is a viral infection of the gastrointestinal tract caused by a type of viruses called noroviruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that "noroviruses account for more than 96% of all viral gastroenteritis cases, with at least 23 million infections occurring annually in the United States." It causes approximately 50% of the viral intestinal disease world wide.
What is a nickname for Swine Flu?
"Swine Flu" is the nickname. It is the nickname in the US and some other countries for the A-H1N1/09 pandemic flu of 2009. Swine flu is called many other names across the world. See the related question below for information on more of these names H1N1/09 is called around the globe.
What is a trigger circuit more commonly called?
Trigger circuits are now commonly called flip-flops. I linked a page with more information.
What is a sentence with the word influenza?
Influenza is commonly known as the flu.
What types of flu create the Swine Flu?
A mixture of the standard Human Flu, Bird Flu and Pig Flu. This creates a new strain of flu called swine flu (Influenza A H1 N1).
How Swine Flu attack human beings?
The so-called "swine flu", more correctly called an H1N1 Flu, causes influenza in humans. The H1N1 flu seems to severely affect more people between the ages of 4 and 30, and fewer of the over-60 group, than does the seasonal flu. It also seems to come less often with a fever, and perhaps to last a bit longer. But basically it is influenza.
