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Index

antibodies 11, 18, 24 proteins 15, 17, 25
antiviral medications 21, 24, 26
replication 8, 14, 21
bacteria 6, 7, 28 Russian Flu Pandemic 13, 28
bird (avian) flu viruses 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27
secondary infections 11
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shope, Richard 6, 7
(CDC) 9, 23, 27, 29 sneezing 4, 8, 10, 26, 27
coughing 4, 8, 10, 11, 26, 27 Spanish Flu Pandemic (1918) 4, 5, 6, 17, 28, 29
spread of flu 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 22, 26, 27
electron microscopes 14, 28 Swine Flu Pandemic 16, 23, 29
swine (pig) flu viruses 6, 7, 16, 23, 29
genomes 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 29 symptoms of flu 9, 10, 21, 25
Goodpasture, Ernest William 19
Taubenberger, Jeffery 17
handwashing 9, 27 tests for flu infection 15
Hultin, Johan 17 types of flu viruses 12, 15, 22

immune system 11, 12 vaccines 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29
virologists 7, 24, 25
lymphocytes 12
World Health Organization (WHO) 4, 20,
mutations 15, 16, 17, 20, 22 21, 29
World War I 18
Obama, Barack 27 World War II 18, 28

phagocytes 12 zoonotic diseases 22, 24, 25, 27

ABOUT THE A UTHOR

Award-winning author Louise Spilsbury, who also writes under
the name Louise Kay Stewart, has written more than 250
books for young people on a wide range of subjects. When
not tapping away at her computer keys, she loves swimming
in the sea and making bonfires on the beach near her home.

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