title: Flu (disambiguation)
text: # Flu (disambiguation)
  
  Flu is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses.
  
  Flu or FLU may also refer to:
  
  ## Diseases
  
  ### Influenza
  
  * Influenza virus, the viruses that cause the disease
  * Avian flu, influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds
  * Dog flu, influenza occurring in canine animals
  * Equine flu, influenza caused by viruses endemic in horses
  * Human flu, influenza caused by viruses endemic in human populations
  * Swine flu, influenza caused by viruses endemic in pigs
  * Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, a strain of avian influenza
  
  ### Other diseases
  
  * Flu-like illness, illness similar to flu, mistaken for flu, called flu
  * Cat flu, the common name for a feline upper respiratory tract disease
  * Haemophilus influenzae, or H. flu, a bacterial infection which can cause respiratory infections and sepsis
  * Influenza-like illness, a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms
  * Stomach flu, also known as gastroenteritis
  
  ## People
  
  * Fluent Form, Australian rapper also known as Flu
  
  ## Places
  
  * Flushing Airport (IATA airport code: FLU; ICAO airport code: KFLU), Queens, New York City, New York State, USA
  
  ## Art, entertainment, and media
  
  * Flu Press, an imprint of VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
  * Flu (film), a 2013 South Korean film
  * "The Flu" (The Golden Girls), a 1986 television episode
  * "The Flu" (Parks and Recreation), or "Flu Season", a 2011 television episode
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * FLU (plant gene), a mutation that causes plants to glow red in presence of blue light
  * Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions (FLU or HKFLU), a labour federation and political party
  * Man flu, a pejorative term meaning men exaggerate cold symptoms
  * Foreningen af Lokalunioner i Danmark (FLU), the old name for the organization of Danish regional football associations.
  