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- Influenza A + B: segmented ssRNA orthomyxovirus
- Antigenic drift (annual) vs antigenic shift (pandemic, Flu A only via reassortment)
- Clinical: abrupt fever ⥠39 + headache + myalgia + fatigue (âknocks flatâ) + cough
- High-risk: ⥠65, < 2, pregnant, chronic disease, obese
- Complications: viral pneumonia, secondary bacterial (S. aureus PVL+ necrotizing), MI, myocarditis, IAE (pediatric)
- Treatment: oseltamivir 75 bid à 5d within 48 hr; baloxavir single dose alt; start empirical in hospitalized
- Pregnancy: oseltamivir safe + recommended
- Vaccine: universal ⥠6 mo annual; 2024-2025 trivalent (Yamagata extinct)
- H5N1 2024: USA dairy cattle outbreak + farmworker cases + first USA death Jan 2025 â pandemic prep alert
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/å婊/é«è· â push flu vaccine annual + ICU empirical oseltamivir
- No aspirin in pediatric flu (Reyeâs)