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Flu vaccine
The flu vaccine is a vaccine
to protect against the
highly variable influenza
virus. The annually updated
trivalent flu vaccine for
the 2005-2006 season
consists of hemagglutinin
(HA) surface glycoprotein
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Avian flu
Avian flu (also "bird flu",
"avian influenza", "bird
influenza"), means "flu from
viruses adapted to birds",
but is sometimes mistakenly
used to refer to both other
flu subsets (such as H5N1
flu) or the viruses that
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Spanish flu
The Spanish Flu Pandemic,
also known as La Grippe
Espagnole, or La Pesadilla,
was an unusually severe and
deadly strain of avian
influenza, a viral
infectious disease, that
killed some 50 million to
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Pandemic
A pandemic is an epidemic
(an outbreak of an
infectious disease) that
spreads worldwide, or at
least across a large region.
There have been a number of
significant pandemics in
human history, generally
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Legionellosis
Legionellosis is an infection caused by species of the bacterium Legionella, most notably L. pneumophila. At least 46 species and 70 serogroups have been identified. L. pneumophila, a ubiquitous ... > more
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