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Surprisingly, this value remains poorly characterized for influenza A virus (IAV), commonly known as the flu. In this study, we screened tens of thousands of cells using a microfluidic method called droplet quantitative PCR (dqPCR). The high-throughput capability of dqPCR enabled the measurement of a large population of infected cells producing progeny virus. By measuring the fully assembled and successfully released viruses from these infected cells, we discover that the viral burst sizes for both the seasonal H3N2 and the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strains vary significantly, with H3N2 ranging from 10\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    to 10\n                    <jats:sup>4<\/jats:sup>\n                    viruses per cell, and H1N1 ranging from 10\n                    <jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup>\n                    to 10\n                    <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                    viruses per cell. 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