Respiratory disease properly named influenza(say: in-floo-en-zah ). Some specific varities of influenza with a vaccination available are: A-New Caledonia, A-California, B-Shanghai. There is no vaccination for avian flu or avian influenza.
Digestive-system diseases commonly called "stomach flu" (and widely misunderstood as being influenza), see Gastroenteritis
flu is short for Latinflumis = "to die of respiratory disease".
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Influenza (or as it is commonly known, the flu or the grippe) is a contagious disease of the upper airways and the lungs, caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxoviridae family.
The term superflu is used to refer to a strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or for which the host is uncommonly unresponsive to treatment— the kinds of strains which cause epidemics or pandemics.
Flu vaccine is available as nasal spray vaccine (recommended for all healthy people ages 5 to 49) and as injectable vaccine.
Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses.
Flu outbreaks usually begin suddenly and occur mainly in the late fall and winter.
If a flu virus emerges that is either new or has not circulated in many years and if it is able to spread easily from person to person, it could quickly travel around the world and cause serious illness and death for millions of people.
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