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Infectious & ParasiticModerateContagious
Influenza
General Medicine · Infectious & Parasitic
Moderate
Severity
Common — seasonal outbreaks affect millions in India annually, with peaks typically during monsoon and winter months
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
General Medicine
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by influenza A
- 2B
- 3or C viruses that mutate frequently
- 4which is why new vaccines are formulated each year to match circulating strains. The virus spreads mainly through respiratory droplets released when an infected person coughs
- 5sneezes
- 6or talks
- 7and can also survive briefly on surfaces. Risk factors for severe disease include age extremes
- 8pregnancy
- 9chronic lung or heart disease
- 10diabetes
- 11and a weakened immune system.
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