title: [What we should know and how we should act when avian flu strikes].
abstract: The author presents an updated review on the flu and the ever more commented bird flu. The most highlighted aspects of this article deal with what composes flu and how one should act given the current circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Consejo de Enfermería de la Comunidad Valenciana.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Forcada Segarra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D006801:Humans; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission