Influenza (Flu) viruses - a continuous threat to the public1
Influenza (Flu) viruses - a continuous threat to the public 1 Influenza – an important paediatric illness Children are the biggest carriers of Influenza infection Seasonal influenza is characterized by a sudden onset of high fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pains, feeling of being unwell, sore throat and runny nose. Being a virus, most people recover from the illness within a week without requiring formal medical therapy, barring symptomatic medications. But influenza as an illness itself can be extremely debilitating even in otherwise healthy humans and can cause severe illness or death especially in people at high risk 1 . People at highest risk of influenza related complications are - children younger than age 5 years, adults aged 65 years or older, pregnant women, and people of any age with certain medical conditions, such as chronic heart, lung, kidney, liver, blood or metabolic diseases (such as diabetes), or weakened immune sys...