Avian_Flu

Avian Flu 1) What is a virus' Any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms. 2) Name of virus to be studied- Avian flu virus 3) Background research Avian influenza is caused by type A influenza virus. The symptoms can vary from a mild disease with little or no mortality to a highly fatal, rapidly spreading epidemic (highly pathogenic avian influenza) depending on the infecting virus strain, host factors, and environmental stressors. More avian influenza viruses have been isolated from ducks than any other species although most free-flying birds may also be infected including shorebirds, gulls and other seabirds. Waterfowl influenza, avian, virus, viruses, waterfowl, signs, rapidly, poultry, infected, highly, domestic, disease, birds, without, species, pathogenic, including, host, feces, fatal, cause, vary, various, unable, typically, type, two, turkeys, treatment there, tract, together, through, symptoms, swollen, susceptible, surrounded, submicroscopic, studied, stressors more, strain, spreading, spread, sneezing, singly, simple, shorebirds, shedding, secretions