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The A and B in influenza are simply different types of influenza.

* Type A: seasonal epidemics. This sub-type is based on changes in surface antigens hemagglutinin and neuraminidase. In humans subtypes H1-H3 and N1-N2 have circulated since 1918 pandemic (due to H1N1). In the last 3 decades the circulating types have been H3N2 and H1N1.

* Type B: sporadic outbreaks (long term care facilities)

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