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Influenza

BY Mackenzy Johnson
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If diagnosed early, doctors can prescribe an ___ drug to help lesson the symptoms and even shorten the amount of time you are sick by a day or two.
This is the most feared type, as it has caused pandemics in the past.
Through collecting ___ samples from multiple cases, scientists can track the mutations and update the Influenza Vaccine with the new strains.
Where the virus will slowly trigger small changes. Eventually it will become a new strain of influenza.
The Influenza virus is able to attach to epithelial cells thanks to the glycoprotein spike called ___.
___ is thought to participate in the release of new virus particles from the host cell.
After the virus is absorbed and sheds its coat, the ___ enters the host cell's nucleus and begins replication.
The Influenza virus is ___ when those infected sneeze, cough or even talk within close range of another person. Droplets of water containing the virus is sent through the air and can be breathed in by another person.
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A sudden, major mutation which results in new hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins. Existing antibodies will be unable to recognize it and host will be susceptible to the virus.
Influenza is a ___ , which is enveloped and has a single strand of RNA. It is roughly spherical and has many glycoprotein spikes on its surface.
The influenza virus infects the___ tract. This includes the nose throat and lungs.
Influenza-related complication called ___, is an infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs.