Influenza (commonly called the “flu”) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. There are many influenza viruses. Most recently, Swine Flu (H1N1) and Bird Flu (H5N1), are pandemic influenza threats.
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The following databases are recommended in alphabetical order as resources where you can easily identify full text, scholarly, articles. The subject headings may vary from database to database so you want to consider doing both a keyword search on either swine flu or swine influenza, avian flu or bird flu or avian influenza or bird influenza or use the appropriate subject heading for each database. If you want to search all these databases simultaneously, select the Health Sciences Multisearch
Databases offered as a courtesy during pandemic influenza threats
The following web sites are reliable resources for current information on Influenza, especially swine flu and avian flu.