Asian flu

Asian flu
Asian flu .ā-zhən-, -shən- n influenza that is caused by a subtype (H2N2) of the orthomyxovirus causing influenza A and that was responsible for about 70,000 deaths in the U.S. in the influenza pandemic of 1957-1958 called also Asian influenza compare hong kong flu, spanish flu

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