The story for kids
This is the flu virus. It gives us the flu, when we get a fever and a cough. This virus changes a little bit every year, so doctors update the flu shot. Our body makes antibodies and beats it.
Facts
- This virus causes the flu: fever and coughing.
- It changes a little every year, so the flu vaccine is updated.
- Our body makes antibodies and beats it.
Numbers
- Size
- ~0.0001 mm
- Reproduces
- Only inside a cell
- Stopped by
- Antibodies