INTERVIEW: INFLUENZA

● INFLUENZA ALSO CALLED FLU IS AN ACUTE VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTION,
TRANSMITTED BY THE INFLUENZA VIRUS. INFLUENZA IS CLASSIFIED INTO DIFFERENT
SUBTYPES AND ARE TYPICALLY IN CIRCULATION IN THE WINTER MONTHS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
● WE ARE JOINED BY PROF JANTJIE TALJAARD WHO IS HEAD OF DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES AT TYGERBERG HOSPITAL AND STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY.