There are lots of different viruses, that are grouped into various families and classes and this one is part of the group called “Orthomyxoviridae”. This is just a fancy scientific name that is used to group lots of different caused of flu. Basically they all infect your lungs and throat but different strains can be more dangerous than others – like the avian influenza strain.
Hi tbkm96,
As you know, Influenza is the scientific name for flu 🙂
It’s caused by a virus, that looks like this: http://bit.ly/kA4DN2
There are lots of different viruses, that are grouped into various families and classes and this one is part of the group called “Orthomyxoviridae”. This is just a fancy scientific name that is used to group lots of different caused of flu. Basically they all infect your lungs and throat but different strains can be more dangerous than others – like the avian influenza strain.
Hope this helps?
0