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GRIPPE PANDEMIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2025-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Respiratory Tract
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Pandemic influenza is a global epidemic that can happen at any time of the year. It typically occurs [three to four] times each century when a completely new strain of influenza type A virus emerges. People generally do not have any natural immunity, that is, protection against a pandemic virus. If this new virus spreads easily from person to person, it could quickly travel around the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales
  • Voies respiratoires
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

La grippe pandémique [...] est rare ([trois à quatre] fois par siècle) et peut se propager en plusieurs «vagues» de maladie qui sont habituellement séparées par plusieurs mois; [elle] est causée par un nouveau virus de la grippe [...] Elle peut facilement infecter les humains et se transmettre d'une personne à l'autre, menant à une épidémie mondiale.

Spanish

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