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Influenza (flu) Causes - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic - 0 views

  • Flu viruses travel through the air in droplets when someone with the infection coughs, sneezes or talks.
  • Influenza viruses are constantly changing, with new strains appearing regularly.
  • But antibodies against flu viruses you've encountered in the past can't protect you from new influenza subtypes that are very different immunologically from what you had before.
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  • f you've had influenza in the past, your body has already made antibodies to fight that particular strain of the virus.
  • Flu viruses travel through the air in droplets when someone with the infection coughs, sneezes or talks.
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      Flu viruses travel through the air in droplets when someone with the infection coughs,sneezes or talks
  • If future influenza viruses are similar to those you've encountered before, either by having the disease or by vaccination, those antibodies may prevent infection or lessen its severity.
  • A number of virus subtypes have appeared in humans since the global epidemic (pandemic) of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people.
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