Crossword Puzzle: What You Should Know About Avian Flu
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2. symptoms of avian flu in humans are fever, cough, sore throat, viral pneumonia, and eye infections known as _____
4. in Hong Kong this strain appeared when bird to human transmission occured for the first time in 1997
5. world wide outbreak of disease; when a virus gains the capacity to spread easily from person to person
6. abbreviation for major health organization that monitors bird flu through programs like the Global Influenza Surveillance Program
8. small, permanent, ongoing alterations in the genetic material of a virus
9. antigenic ___ occurs when influenza A subtypes from different species, like birds and humans, trade and merge genes
11. the form of the virus that spreads rapidly and is more severe is called highly _____
13. measures taken to protect humans from potential hazards carried and/or transmitted by animals
14. birds infected with the most virulent forms of bird flu may lay eggs without ____
15. cooked chicken is safe to eat because ____ inactivates the virus
16. people can become infected after ____ contact with infected birds
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1. developed by your body to protect you from a particular strain of flu
3. influenza A viruses belong to the family ___
7. term used for the destroying of birds as a first line defense against avian flu
10. study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations
12. the H and the N in H5N1 stand for __ and neuramindase (two surface proteins that the influenza A virus subtypes are based on)
