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Possible Answers: FLU, STREP, HEADCOLD.
Last seen on: –Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Feb 22 2024
–USA Today Crossword – Nov 30 2022
–Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – May 12 2022
–Newsday.com Crossword – Aug 24 2021
–Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Apr 12 2021
–Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Oct 6 2020
–Thomas Joseph – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Oct 5 2020
–Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Aug 8 2019
–Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Jun 4 2019
–Daily Celebrity Crossword – 5/25/19 Smartypants Saturday
–Newsday.com Crossword – Aug 14 2018
Random information on the term “FLU”:
Avian influenza — known informally as avian flu or bird flu — refers to “influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds.” The type with the greatest risk is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
“Bird flu” is a phrase similar to “swine flu,” “dog flu,” “horse flu,” or “human flu” in that it refers to an illness caused by any of many different strains of influenza viruses that have adapted to a specific host. Out of the three types of influenza viruses (A, B, and C), influenza A virus is a zoonotic infection with a natural reservoir almost entirely in birds. Avian influenza, for most purposes, refers to the influenza A virus.
Though influenza A is adapted to birds, it can also stably adapt and sustain person-to person transmission. Recent influenza research into the genes of the Spanish flu virus shows it to have genes adapted from both human and avian strains. Pigs can also be infected with human, avian, and swine influenza viruses, allow for mixtures of genes (reassortment) to create a new virus, which can cause an antigenic shift to a new influenza A virus subtype which most people have little to no immune protection.
Random information on the term “STREP”:
Streptococcus is a genus of coccus (spherical) Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria). Cell division in this genus occurs along a single axis in these bacteria, thus they grow in chains or pairs, hence the name—from Greek στρεπτός streptos, meaning easily bent or twisted, like a chain (twisted chain). (Contrast this with staphylococci, which divide along multiple axes and generate grape-like clusters of cells.)
Most are oxidase-negative and catalase-negative, and many are facultative anaerobes.
In 1984, many bacteria formerly considered Streptococcus were separated out into the genera Enterococcus and Lactococcus. Currently, over 50 species are recognised in this genus. This genus has been found to be part of the salivary microbiome.
In addition to streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), certain Streptococcus species are responsible for many cases of pink eye, meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, endocarditis, erysipelas, and necrotizing fasciitis (the ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infections). However, many streptococcal species are not pathogenic, and form part of the commensal human microbiota of the mouth, skin, intestine, and upper respiratory tract. Furthermore, streptococci are a necessary ingredient in producing Emmentaler (“Swiss”) cheese.