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Influenza Variants Event Details

Science Programs for Adults: Influenza Variants - December 19, 2024
December 19, Noon - 1pm

The flu has been causing problems for millennia, and you’ve probably been getting inoculated against them for much of your life. Come learn about the flu and its many cousins.

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Influenza (Flu)
The CDC introduction to the virus
What is the meaning of the numbers next to the “H” and “N” in avian influenza designations?
An explanation of influenza naming convention on the USGS Avian Influenza page
Types of Influenza Viruses
Strains of influenza, which are different than the HxNx naming
How Are Seasonal Flu Vaccines Made?
How do they make the vaccine we get year to year
Immunobiology of Influenza Vaccines
The factors that go into deciding what strains and antigenic factors to immunize against
Influenza A Virus Antigens
An explanation of strain A
Antibody Responses toward the Major Antigenic Sites of Influenza B Virus Hemagglutinin in Mice, Ferrets, and Humans
The workings of strain B
Influenza C
The C strain is less dangerous to adults, but tends to infect kids younger than 6
Influenza D Virus
The D strain infects primarily cows, but frequently spillsover
Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body | Krulwich Wonders | NPR
An NPR video on exactly how the body is infected during an influenza infection
Influenza Animation
An animation of the way the virus infects cells
The Deadly Virus: the Influenza Epidemic of 1918
The NARA Exhibition on the most famous influenza epidemic
Site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications
An article on why the Spanish Flu likely originated from a mutation in the United States
1918 influenza and COVID‐19 pandemics: The effect of age on outcomes
A study in the National Library of Medicine of the differences in these epidemics from others, and why they might have been more severe and caused longer lasting effects
History of Influenza
Influenza through history
Enigma of the 1889 Russian flu pandemic: A coronavirus?
The so-called Russian Flu, which may not have been influenza at all
Revisiting the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics
The 1957, or Asian Flu, and the 1968 Hong Kong Flu epidemic
Preparing for a pandemic that never came ended up setting off another − how an accidental virus release triggered 1977’s ‘Russian flu’
The different pandemic- this one was a Soviet Biopreparat release
The 1979 Anthrax Leak in Sverdlovsk
On the subject of the Biopreparart, this is the other release we know of. In this case it was anthrax
First influenza pandemic of the 21st century
The swine flu epidemic in 2009, which took place as the world economy took a nose dive
How Flu Viruses Can Change: "Drift" and "Shift"
The reason there is a new vaccine every year
CDC Reports First U.S. Human Infection in 2024 with Variant Influenza Virus
The current avian flu outbreak
Influenza A with hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome in an adult: A case report
In rare cases the virus can migrate in the body
Virus-induced neurobehavioral disorders: mechanisms and implications
Especially in children, viral infections have been known to cause mental health issues
Hospitalization and risk of death due to influenza among vaccinated and unvaccinated patients. A 5-year study in the northeastern Mexican population
What happens if one does not get vaccinated and catches influenza
Investigation of Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in Dairy Cattle
The current investigation of avian flu in cows, and its spread into the raw milk supply
Avian Influenza
Avian flu and spillover in livestock
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
A rather concerning avian flu spillover in Canada
Influenza at the State Library
The books and articles available to patrons of the State Library of Pennsylvania