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What is responsible for avian influenza?
Avian influenza is also known as the "Bird Flu". Influenza is caused by viruses. The virus that causes avian flu is the H5N1 influenza virus.
Was the Spanish flu avian or swine?
The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was closely related to an avian virus.
What cause Avion Flu?
Avian Flu is caused by the virus like Flu virus in man. This virus has evolved with birds.
What is the h5ni?
The H5N1 Virus is the Avian Flu, or otherwise recognized as the bird flu. :)
What does meaning of avian virus?
Avian virus is a virus strain found in birds. This virus causes flu and it was reported that human death occurred due to this virus strain.
What is the code for the avian flu?
The name of the strain of virus that causes the Avian (Bird) flu is H5N1.If you are asking for the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code, the new 2010 code for the Avian flu is 488.0.
Is Avian Flu the only disease caused by the H5N1 virus?
no
How do you get avian flu virus?
Its an acute disease caused by droplet infection
What is the medical term meaning bird flu?
Avian Influenza, H5N1 or Avian Influenza, H7N9.
Does the current Novel H1N1 Swine Flu contain elements of avian flu?
Yes. It does contain genetic material of Avian Flu in addition to three types of swine flu and also human flu viruses. (Avian flu is also called "Bird Flu"). When a virus mutates like this one did in pigs with five different genomes in the virus, it is called a quintuple reassortant (also known as reassortment) virus.The three types of swine flu genetic material in the A-H1N1/09 pandemic flu are American swine flu, Asian swine flu, and European swine flu.
How many people have died from Avian Flu compared to Swine Flu?
A relatively low number of people have died from Avian flu. It is transmitted only from bird to human, not from person to person, unlike the Swine flu that is a very rapidly spreading virus from person to person with over 57 million cases in the US alone. The death rate for swine flu is below that of the seasonal flu. Although the number of cases of Avian flu in humans is low so far, the mortality rate from the H5N1 Avian flu is approximately 50%, it is an extremely deadly virus. Luckily so far the case numbers are still low, especially in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the scientific name for virus?
as there are billions of different viruses it depends on what type of virus you want. for example the scienctific name for: Bird Flu = Avian Influenza
