What Is Influenza B?
3. Influenza Type A
Influenza is the most common variety of the flu in people, and it can be transmitted from animals to humans. One example of type A virus is the avian flu, also known which is as bird flu. Swine influenza, also known as swine flu, is another variety of influenza type A.
It is not normal for these examples to be passed on to people, but it will happen in a small number of cases. When people do catch influenza type A, the symptoms are likely to be harsher than the symptoms of influenza type B. Influenza type A mutates rapidly and it is also responsible for pandemics occasionally.
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