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InnovAiT 2008 1(5):380-386; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn020
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the RCGP. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Influenza and its prevention

Dr Chantal Simon

Executive Editor, InnovAiT

Dr Jeannette Lynch

Research Fellow and General Practitioner, University of Southampton, UK

E-mail: chantal.simon{at}oxfordjournals.org

E-mail: ohgp123{at}aol.co.uk


  Abstract

Influenza is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus. Most cases in the UK occur in a 6- to 8-week period during the winter. The exact timing of this period, number of people affected and severity of the illness varies from year to year.


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