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Old 03-04-2016, 05:07 AM

Ah, I can say some things about the flu viruses and orthomyxoviruses in general.

negative sense single stranded RNA virus
They replicate in the nucleus
They have eight segments
Antigenic drift is a point mutation that changes the flu gradually. And that's why we need to get the flu shot every year, with updated strains of virus
Antigenic shift is different strains combining to make a new strain, like the cross-species H1N1 swine flu that was a combination of avian, swine, and human flu
H stands for Hemagglutinin
N stands for Neuraminidase
Amantidine treats influenza A...something about M2 protein involved in viral encoding
Also, Tamiflu
Don't give a child with the flu aspirin to avoid possible Reye's syndrome including encephalitis and fatty liver
Risk of Guillan Barre ascending paralysis and pneumonia


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