They show that
seasonal flu outbreaks originate in warm, humid areas of the south and southeastern U.S. and move northward, away from the coasts.
Normal
seasonal flu outbreaks have only one peak of infection — the number of cases starts very low, increases to a maximum, then decreases to a very low level, and remains at a low level until the next flu season.
After 1919, the descendants of the H1N1 virus continue to circulate and cause
seasonal flu outbreaks in humans — and pigs.
The researchers picked the H1 and H3 subtypes because they have been the major cause of human
seasonal flu outbreaks since 1918.
Not exact matches
It will enable manufacturers to rapidly create and make available vaccines for the
seasonal flu and pandemic
outbreaks.
One of the most baffling features of the swine
flu outbreak is that, unlike
seasonal influenza, severe disease largely does not occur in the elderly.
Reports of extra encephalitis during
outbreaks of
seasonal flu in Japan and the US, and most recently of swine
flu - infected children hospitalised with neurological symptoms in Dallas, Texas, hint at a related mechanism, however.