Why does flu happen during the winter?
November 22, 2009 — Jessethe bus, at school or at work, without contracting the virus. Today, the reasoning is that that winter weather conditions have some effect on the contagious properties of the virus. In 2007, scientists infected guinea pigs with the influenza virus (H3N2) and examined the impact of temperature on the virus transmission rate. They found that when the animals were placed in a temperature of 5 C, the virus jumped quickly from animal to animal. However, there was no transmission of the virus …
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Why does flu happen during the winter?