  AGENT Several varieties of the Influenza virus DESCRIPTION / SYMPTOMS A specific viral respiratory disease characterized by fever, cold symptoms, cough, headache, malaise, and inflamed respiratory mucous membranes. TRANSMISSION Person to person and airborne droplets. DISTRIBUTION Pandemic in the fall and winter. WHO has an Influenza surveillance page on the World Wide Web. Up-to-date information by country is available. the continent. INCIDENCE Yearly epidemics. TREATMENT Supportive, anti viral medications. VACCINATION Vaccination may be of some use for specific groups. Vaccines change every year. WHO recommends vaccine types every year. [Printing Hints] Copyright © 2000 United Nations Publications You can e-mail us at cyberschoolbus@un.org |