Influenza Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in influenza and flu pandemics. Influenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses), that affects humans, birds and other mammals. The virus spreads easily from person to person. Influenza circulates worldwide and can affect anybody in any age group. Influenza causes annual epidemics that peak during winter in temperate regions. Influenza is a serious public health problem that causes severe illnesses and deaths for higher risk populations. The most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort. Sore throat, fever and coughs are the most frequent symptoms. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly for the young and the elderly. An influenza epidemic can take an economic toll through lost workforce productivity, and strain health services. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infection.

The objectives of Influenza Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for influenza and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to influenza.

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• PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (52): Russia (CL) HPAI H5N8, poultry, OIE
  Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:30:58 -0400
  Avian Influenza H5N8 -- Russia
  Information received on [and dated] 4 Aug 2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, Russia
  Summary
  Report type: immediate notification
  Date of start of the event: 28 Jul 2020
  Date of confirmation of the event: 3 Aug 2020
  Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed disease
  Date of previous occurrence: 24 Nov 2005
  Manifestation of disease: clinical disease
  Causal agent: highly pathogenic

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