Influenza Virus illustrations, pictures of FLU viruses by Russell Kightley Media

		bird flu and human flu entering the same cell and the emergence of a new (pandemic) strain of influenza	bird flu H5N1 infecting a person and provoking an extreme immune response
		birds and bird flu #1	birds (swans) and bird flu #2
Influenza virus structure	Influenza virion	Influenza virus life cycle	Bird Flu
Influenza virus # 1 translucent virion on black	Influenza virus # 2 translucent virion on white	Influenza virus # 3 translucent virion green on black	Influenza virus # 4 solid virion green on white
Influenza virus # 5 solid virion blue on black	Influenza virus # 6 translucent virion green & blue on black	bird flu H5N1 & pandemic influenza	bird flu H5N1 & pandemic influenza on white

CLASSIFICATION OF THE INFLUENZA VIRUS:

GENOME: segmented negative sense single stranded RNA
Family: Orthomyxoviridae
Subfamily:
Genus: Influenza A
Species: Influenza A

INFLUENZA - the disease: Influenza (or 'flu) is often considered a relatively benign disease, slightly worse than a cold. In fact, flu has killed millions. Following the famous 1918 outbreak more than 20 million people died. Every year, waves of influenza propagate around the world and we live in fear of a major and lethal type striking again.

INFLUENZA - the name: Influenza is Italian for "influence", Latin: influentia. It used to be thought that the disease was caused by a bad influence from the heavens.

FOR INFORMATION ON VIRUSES ENTERING CELLS please see virus entry into animal cells from Ed Rybicki.

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