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The history of the flu virus

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  The history of the flu virus History of pandemic disease is essential to evaluate the amount of destruction it can cause in the coming years. It helps to assess the preventive measures and their effectiveness and to check what can be done in the future to stay safe. It gives a practical approach on how to manage and deal with such pandemic diseases in the future and what further research can be done to fight against the fatal pandemic.   What do I refer by flu? It is a highly contagious disease and involves the upper respiratory tract, nasal cavity, throat, and in chronic conditions, lungs. Flu is an airborne disease and is caused by a notorious virus that we call the influenza virus. It has proven to be fatal back in the years, but now the vaccines are available that need to be taken annually. More about influenza The influenza virus is a negative sense, single-stranded DNA virus, and it belongs to the family orthomyxoviridae along with virus, quaranjavirus, and thogotovir