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Web Links

Nemours Foundation, The Flu

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Influenza (Flu), http://www.flu.gov

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Flu Fact Sheet

American Lung Association, Influenza (Flu)

MedlinePlus, Flu

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Authors and Editors

Author: Steven Fine, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Editor: Mary Nettleman, MD, MS, MCAP, Professor and Chair of Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Previous contributing coauthor and editors:

Coauthor(s): Muhammad Waseem, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in Clinical Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC.