BIOL 1202 Chapter : Viral Neuraminidase
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Swine flue not really: on first exposure our body"s immune system responds slowly and sometime, we thought we had no natural immunity not quick enough to survive, pandamic and epidemic. Past pandemics: 1918: spanish flu about 675000 deaths from the flu occurs in the us alone. 1/3 world infected, 28 percent of us h1n! 1957: asain flu 69800 people in the us died h2n2. The number of deaths between september 1968 and march. 1969 for this pandemi was 33,800 making it the mildest pandemic in the 20th century h3n2. 2009h1n1: now a seasonal flu chicken pox and shingles: caused by same virus, symptoms are very different chicken pox, after you have had chicken pox, you become immune to the virus. It is possible that you may have a slight reaction after reexposure, such as a few spots and a slight fever. However you will not get a full blown case of chicken pox more than once.
