The mechanisms by which influenza infection causes symptoms in humans have been studied intensively.

References to influenza infections date from the late 15th and early 16th centuries, but infections almost certainly occurred long before then.

"I think that hand contact accounts for maybe one-third of influenza infections," he says.

Award winning animated film for lay people describing the events involved in clearing an influenza infection.

Each year, more than 36,000 people in the United States die from influenza infections, and 114,000 more are hospitalized.

Sialic acid also plays an important role in human influenza infections.

Antiviral drugs directly target the viruses responsible for influenza infections.

A 1997 study found H3N8 was responsible for over one quarter of the influenza infections in wild ducks.

The same thing happened when they gave the mice influenza infections.

A newly developed pill has been able to prevent or cure influenza infections in tests on animals, researchers said today.