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what allows the virus to change its surface proteins?
how do you find a vaccine to a new virus?
does the influenza virus have the ability to mutate into a more deadly virus with life-long consequences?
flu viruses
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Re: flu viruses
Hi,
These are great questions about flu vaccines. I hope these answers help with your project:
what allows the virus to change its surface proteins? The replication is not perfect, so when new viruses are made, they have errors in their DNA, which leads to the proteins being SLIGHTLY different.
how do you find a vaccine to a new virus? There is a lot of info about this - Google search "How vaccines are made" and you will find plenty to read through. Let me know if you do't find what you are looking for.
does the influenza virus have the ability to mutate into a more deadly virus with life-long consequences? Yes, look up bird flu, or the Spanish Flu(1918 pandemic). The virus will always be an influenza virus (it won't change into an ebola virus or any other virus).
Tonya
These are great questions about flu vaccines. I hope these answers help with your project:
what allows the virus to change its surface proteins? The replication is not perfect, so when new viruses are made, they have errors in their DNA, which leads to the proteins being SLIGHTLY different.
how do you find a vaccine to a new virus? There is a lot of info about this - Google search "How vaccines are made" and you will find plenty to read through. Let me know if you do't find what you are looking for.
does the influenza virus have the ability to mutate into a more deadly virus with life-long consequences? Yes, look up bird flu, or the Spanish Flu(1918 pandemic). The virus will always be an influenza virus (it won't change into an ebola virus or any other virus).
Tonya
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Re: flu viruses
Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe. The most common symptoms include: a high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, and feeling tired.
Flu viruses have the capacity to change both slowly, through small genetic changes that are passed down to daughter generations, and quickly, through a process called “reassortment” that mixes larger genetic segments from several viral strains to create a new virus. Both processes are important to influenza’s success as a disease-causing organism during flu seasons and in pandemics. For further information visit college essay writing service.
Flu viruses have the capacity to change both slowly, through small genetic changes that are passed down to daughter generations, and quickly, through a process called “reassortment” that mixes larger genetic segments from several viral strains to create a new virus. Both processes are important to influenza’s success as a disease-causing organism during flu seasons and in pandemics. For further information visit college essay writing service.