RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A viral infectious disease that results in infection, located in respiratory tract, has_material_basis_in Influenza virus A, which are transmitted_by droplet spread of oronasal secretions during coughing, sneezing, or talking from an infected person. It is a highly contagious disease that has_symptom chills, has_symptom fever, has_symptom sore throat, has_symptom runny nose, has_symptom muscle pains, has_symptom severe headache, has_symptom cough, and has_symptom weakness. Because type A influenza viruses mutate quickly, creating new strains from one flu season to the next., past flu vaccinations will not prevent infection from a new strain.
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Influenza caused by Influenza A virus; Influenza due to Influenza A virus