As we know, there is not just one type of flu. For instance, there are annual flu, weather flu, avian flu, swine flu and depending on each type, the lethality, the infectious degree are seriously different. ... Sometimes, people distinguish their name by referring to the host that they are adapted to like Swine flu, Bird flu, Horse flu and even Human flu. ... For example, Avian inlfuenza, the subtype H5N1, which are well known for its high deadliness, generally are transmitted between birds and from birds to other mammals like pigs, horses, whales and humans. ... That happened to the Avian flu...

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BLACK DEATH There were two important forms of the plague. One, the bubonic plague, was characterized by high fever and glandular swelling in the groin and the armpits. Its bacilli developed in black rats and were carried from them to humans by fleas. The other, the pneumonic plaque, was a lung di...

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Lyme disease, first diagnosed in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975, causes flu-like symptoms in the victim. ... Even if this antitoxin is used in time, however, the victim is very weak and has flu-like symptoms for the next ten to twelve days. ...

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