LSC 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Influenza Vaccine, Neuraminidase, Bronchitis

• School: NCSU
• Department: Life Sciences First Year
• Course: LSC 170
• Professor: Susan Carson

Document Summary

1:24 pm: biology, segmented (-) strand rna genome containing 8 genes, what are rna genome viruses, lipid outside with protein spikes, these are receptors, half life is only a few hours, variable outside structure. Spread from human to human through coughing, sneezing, or simply talking. Even touching an infected surface: could not get more than once if vaccinated, children, those older than 65, pregnant ladies, and anyone with chronic medical condition, people with previous medical encounters were places as "high risk" Some people had antibodies already, but those did not help much. Symptoms: mild illness, need for antiviral drugs, and 2 week recovery. It was not recommended by the cdc: https://www. cdc. gov/h1n1flu/qa. htm. It was big deal because there was a large outbreak in mexico and it came to the us. "it"s about the pote(cid:374)tial the (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:448)irus has (cid:374)o (cid:374)atural i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity and can spread easily. : http://www. nbcnews. com/id/30423369/ns/health- infectious_diseases/t/qa-why-swine-flu-such-big- deal/#. wasignqpdmo.