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English has plenty of misnomers. If there is at some time in the future a type A that doesn't infect birds, then "avian flu" will be a misnomer for that postulated type A subtype. Whether the English speaking world at that time draws a distinction between "type A" and "avain flu" is for those speakers to decide. Some may make one choice and others make another choice (based on nationality or some other thing). We here and now are in no position to assert what "must" happen in such a postulate case. The term "avian flu" is in the hands of the public at this point. WAS 4.250 15:13, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
WAS 4.250:
I'd like to thank you first of all for the attention you've given to H5N1-related articles on Wikipedia. They're mostly of poor quality, and they remain that way because the subject is a highly technical one that is not easy for the non-expert to accurately write about. The efforts of some Wikipedians such as yourself have improved them very considerably, but there are still problems. I think they'll be much better in a few months.
With respect to this edit, the reasons I made the changes are:
Would you mind my reverting the page? Regards encephalon 06:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys
This article contradicts the linked article on antigenic shift, which states that:
"Influenza A viruses are found in many different animals, including ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses, and seals. Influenza B viruses circulate widely only among humans."
Actually, I'm pretty sure your Orthomyxoviridae article is the correct one (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/744945.stm). ...I'll put a post up on the antigenic shift discussion page.
It might be helpful to emphasise that influenza A is MUCH more widely distributed amongst non-human hosts, hence antigenic shift, and that influenzas B and C are pretty much confined to human hosts hence antigenic drift. Note, only one incidence of influenza B has so far been found in a non-human host - in an isolated population of seals.
Cheers
Kay
I do not believe it is appropriate to use the term infection when referring to the invertebrate - the invertebrates (tick and louse) are vectors that carry and transmit the virus without (to my knowledge) themselves becoming sick. This is common with insects and other arthropods (see this link for some examples [1]). I have never seen the vector described as being infected, and this principle carries in the articles that are cited in the Orthomyxoviridae lead paragraph. Hope this explains my edits are with good intention! Ciar 16:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The following section was abbreviated in the article 2009 swine flu outbreak and the entire section placed here for possible insertion of facts into this article, where relevant and not redundant. -- Wikiwatcher1 ( talk) 21:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
If anyone is watching this Section 3.2 just seems to be a bunch of words strung together. What is it trying to say? That there are repeats at 5' and 3' ends? OK. What's with all the ...of... ..of.. ...? Is this how long the strands are, how long the segments are or what? I will leave the text in place for a while so someone who knows what was trying to be said can clean it up. Otherwise I am going to remove the section because A) It makes no sense. B) There is nothing saying why whatever is being said is important. As it stands this section does not help the article. Jbhunley ( talk) 14:56, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
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English has plenty of misnomers. If there is at some time in the future a type A that doesn't infect birds, then "avian flu" will be a misnomer for that postulated type A subtype. Whether the English speaking world at that time draws a distinction between "type A" and "avain flu" is for those speakers to decide. Some may make one choice and others make another choice (based on nationality or some other thing). We here and now are in no position to assert what "must" happen in such a postulate case. The term "avian flu" is in the hands of the public at this point. WAS 4.250 15:13, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
WAS 4.250:
I'd like to thank you first of all for the attention you've given to H5N1-related articles on Wikipedia. They're mostly of poor quality, and they remain that way because the subject is a highly technical one that is not easy for the non-expert to accurately write about. The efforts of some Wikipedians such as yourself have improved them very considerably, but there are still problems. I think they'll be much better in a few months.
With respect to this edit, the reasons I made the changes are:
Would you mind my reverting the page? Regards encephalon 06:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi guys
This article contradicts the linked article on antigenic shift, which states that:
"Influenza A viruses are found in many different animals, including ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses, and seals. Influenza B viruses circulate widely only among humans."
Actually, I'm pretty sure your Orthomyxoviridae article is the correct one (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/744945.stm). ...I'll put a post up on the antigenic shift discussion page.
It might be helpful to emphasise that influenza A is MUCH more widely distributed amongst non-human hosts, hence antigenic shift, and that influenzas B and C are pretty much confined to human hosts hence antigenic drift. Note, only one incidence of influenza B has so far been found in a non-human host - in an isolated population of seals.
Cheers
Kay
I do not believe it is appropriate to use the term infection when referring to the invertebrate - the invertebrates (tick and louse) are vectors that carry and transmit the virus without (to my knowledge) themselves becoming sick. This is common with insects and other arthropods (see this link for some examples [1]). I have never seen the vector described as being infected, and this principle carries in the articles that are cited in the Orthomyxoviridae lead paragraph. Hope this explains my edits are with good intention! Ciar 16:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
The following section was abbreviated in the article 2009 swine flu outbreak and the entire section placed here for possible insertion of facts into this article, where relevant and not redundant. -- Wikiwatcher1 ( talk) 21:35, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
If anyone is watching this Section 3.2 just seems to be a bunch of words strung together. What is it trying to say? That there are repeats at 5' and 3' ends? OK. What's with all the ...of... ..of.. ...? Is this how long the strands are, how long the segments are or what? I will leave the text in place for a while so someone who knows what was trying to be said can clean it up. Otherwise I am going to remove the section because A) It makes no sense. B) There is nothing saying why whatever is being said is important. As it stands this section does not help the article. Jbhunley ( talk) 14:56, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
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According to https://www.fhi.no/nettpub/smittevernveilederen/sykdommer-a-a/influensa/ (in Norwegian) and /info/en/?search=Influenza_A_virus, there are now 18 H-antigen subtypes and 11 N-antigen subtypes. Georg Muntingh ( talk) 07:12, 3 February 2020 (UTC)