Are you ready for flu vaccination season?

Flu season is fast approaching and in recent times it has never been so important to encourage people to get the flu vaccine.

Welcome to the first in a series of learning activities aimed at helping you to refresh your knowledge of influenza and in particular some of the clinical aspects associated with the vaccination process.

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1. True or false influenza is highly infectious?

True

False

Question 1 of 8

2. What is the usual incubation period of influenza?

One to three minutes

One to three hours

One to three days

One to three weeks

One to three months

Question 2 of 8

3. Influenza is characterised by the symptoms that emerge slowly?

True

False

Question 3 of 8

4. For otherwise healthy individuals, how long does recovery from influenza usually take?

Two to seven hours

Two to seven days

Two to seven weeks

Two to seven months

Question 4 of 8

5. True or false influenza may present as otitis media in children?

True

False

Question 5 of 8

6. True or false the influenza is seasonal with most cases occurring during an eight to ten week period over winter?

True

False

Question 6 of 8

7. True or false antigenic drift rarely occurs progressively from one influenza season to the next?

True

False

Question 7 of 8

8. True or false there have never been any recorded influenza pandemics in previous years?

True

False

Question 8 of 8

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References

The Green book of immunisation – chapter 19 influenza (publishing.service.gov.uk)