Russian flu is a lot like today's "avian flu" but spread through Europe and to North America in the late 1800's. It took about 1 million lives, normally through pneumonia in the end.
Northern Exposure - 1990 Russian Flu 1-5 was released on: USA: 9 August 1990
Northern Exposure - 1990 Russian Flu 1-5 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG (video rating) Canada:PG (video rating)
No, Swine Flu is just one strain of the many flu viruses. Flu is an abbreviation for influenza. So Swine Flu is a type of flu, but all flu is not the swine flu, there are other kinds.
Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian scientist who came up with the Periodic Law. He appears to not have had any major struggles, and passed away at age 72 of the flu.
No, you cannot get the flu from receiving the flu shot. The flu shot contains inactivated virus particles that cannot cause the 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).
The Russian flu, which occurred in 1977-1978, was caused by the H1N1 influenza virus and primarily affected younger populations. Estimates of the death toll vary, but it is believed that there were between 700,000 to 1 million deaths worldwide. The outbreak was notable for its relatively mild severity compared to other influenza pandemics, particularly affecting those under 25 years old who had little immunity to the virus.
Swine flu is a flu very similar to the regular flu. Tamiflu is a medicine that you take when you have swine flu or other types of influenza.
The flu. One of the side affects of flu can be death.
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That is the correct spelling of "flu" (the flu, viral influenza).