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There are now 18 H and 11 N subtypes, not 16 or 9 anymore

Please change: "There are 16 H and 9 N subtypes known," to "There are 18 H and 11 N subtypes known"--new research is responsible for this. These are the citations:

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References

^ Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, et al. A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012;109(11):4269–74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116200109 pmid:22371588; PMC 3306675.
^ Tong S, Zhu X, Li Y, Shi M, Zhang J, Bourgeois M, et al. New world bats harbor diverse influenza A viruses. PLoS pathogens. 2013;9(10):e1003657. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003657 pmid:24130481; PMC 3794996.

Updated as requested. - Udorn1972; 8/4/18

Disease Burden of Influenza in the US and estimated sickness, medical visits, hospitalization and death averted by vaccination in the US - CDC

Disease Burden of Influenza - CDC https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/burden.htm

Estimated Influenza Illnesses, Medical Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Averted by Vaccination in the United States - CDC https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/2015-16.htm

"Influenza spreads around the world in yearly outbreaks, resulting in about three to five million cases of severe illness and about 290,000 to 650,000 deaths." - Interpreted, this seems to say that Influenza has ~%10 fatality rate.

cfr likely incorrect

The Case Fatality Rate for the Spanish Infuenza, aka 2–3%, with a Ref to [212] is wrong. It *must* be 10 times more, as 500 millions cases divided by 20 millions is around 25%. One can also check the definition of CFR on the wiki page. So either Ref.[212] is wrong (did not check) or a typo has been made reporting what Ref.[212] claims. Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eatdirt (talk • contribs) 20:19, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add the disambiguation page Influenza (disambiguation) to the hatnote.

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{{hatnote|"Flu" and "Grippe" redirect here. For other uses, see [[Flu (disambiguation)]] and [[Grippe (disambiguation)]]. Not to be confused with [[Haemophilus influenzae]].}}

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{{hatnote|"Flu" and "Grippe" redirect here. For other uses, see [[Influenza (disambiguation)]] and [[Flu (disambiguation)]] and [[Grippe (disambiguation)]]. Not to be confused with [[Haemophilus influenzae]].}}

-- 67.70.33.184 (talk) 05:04, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did something similar. Outriggr (talk) 06:36, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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(340–1000 million) please change 1000 million to 1 billion Manistee15 (talk) 03:03, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done by TonyBallioni. Thanks Manistee15. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 07:56, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, et al. A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012;109(11):4269–74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116200109 pmid:22371588; PMC 3306675.

[2] Tong S, Zhu X, Li Y, Shi M, Zhang J, Bourgeois M, et al. New world bats harbor diverse influenza A viruses. PLoS pathogens. 2013;9(10):e1003657. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003657 pmid:24130481; PMC 3794996.

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