Spanish flu

Spanish flu
Span·ish flu 'span-ish- n influenza that is caused by a subtype (H1N1) of the orthomyxovirus causing influenza A and that was responsible for about 500,000 deaths in the U.S. in the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 called also Spanish influenza compare asian flu, hong kong flu

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