With genomes of eight single-stranded RNA segments, there are A, B, and C types of these viruses.
These causative agents can attach due to interactions between spike proteins and sialic acid residues on epithelial cells, causing hemagglutination; the drug oseltamivir inhibits such binding. These viruses are in the (*) Orthomyxoviridae family and are classified by the arrangement of hemaglutinin and neuraminidase glycoproteins on their surfaces. With genomes of eight single-stranded RNA segments, there are A, B, and C types of these viruses. Including serotypes such as H5N1 and H1N1, for 10 points, name this group of viruses causing pandemics such as the "Spanish" and recent "swine" variants.
These causative agents can attach due to interactions between spike proteins and sialic acid residues on epithelial cells, causing hemagglutination; the drug oseltamivir inhibits such binding.
influenzavirus or flu