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What is the difference between flu A and flu B?
Influenza A and influenza B are two different types of the flu virus. Influenza A is more common and can infect both humans and animals, while influenza B mainly affects humans. Influenza A has more subtypes and can cause more severe outbreaks, while influenza B typically causes milder symptoms.
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.
What is the difference between the flu A and B viruses?
Influenza A and B viruses are both types of flu viruses that can cause similar symptoms like fever, cough, and body aches. The main difference between them is that influenza A viruses can infect both humans and animals, while influenza B viruses mainly infect humans. Additionally, influenza A viruses have different subtypes, such as H1N1 and H3N2, which can cause more severe outbreaks compared to influenza B viruses.
What is the abbreviation for influenza?
There is none since "flu" is already an abbreviation for "influenza".
What does flu mean?
Flu stands for influenza. As you can tell, it's just a shortened version of the word.
What is the difference between Influenza A and Influenza B?
Influenza A and Influenza B are two different types of flu viruses. Influenza A is more common and can infect both humans and animals, while Influenza B mainly affects humans. Influenza A has more subtypes and can cause more severe outbreaks, while Influenza B typically causes milder illness.
Is an influenza like a flu?
They are the same thing. Influenza is the full name of the viral infection and flu is a shortening of the word influenza.
Are the stomach flu and influenza the same thing?
No, the stomach flu and influenza are not the same thing. Influenza is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus, while the stomach flu is a gastrointestinal illness caused by various viruses.
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.
What are three characteristics of influenza that are not true of the common cold?
The flu has moderate to severe muscle pain, there may be vomiting, high fever and fatigue. In the early stages it can be hard to tell the difference between a cold and the flu. But when the fever and fatigue set in, you know it is the flu.
What is the medical term meaning bird flu?
Avian Influenza, H5N1 or Avian Influenza, H7N9.
How do you spell flu?
That is the correct spelling of "flu" (the flu, viral influenza).
