Asian flu

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Asian flu

(Medicine / Pathology) a type of influenza recurring in worldwide epidemics, caused by a virus (A2 strain or subsequent antigenic variants), which apparently originated in China in 1957

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Asian flu

n → asiatische Grippe

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Asian Asian influenza			Saudi Arabian authorities instructed Egyptian civil aviation officials to ensure all pilgrims receive vaccination against swine flu, Asian flu and meningitis. Travel agencies form crisis committee ahead of Hajj by Daily News Egypt (Egypt) That's because people over 60 probably have some immunity to H1N1, probably because they were exposed to it before 1957, when Asian flu became the dominant influenza, Cieslak said. Cleared by FDA, swine flu vaccine to ship early by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) THERE have been three in the past 100 years - Hong Kong flu in 1968, Asian flu in 1957 and Spanish flu of 1918. EXPERTS 'WAITING' FOR NEW STRAIN by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			ashpan ashplant Ashqelon ashram ashtanga Ashtaroth Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne Ashtoreth ashtray Ashur Ashurbanipal Ashweed ashy Ashy pale ASI Asia Asia Minor Asiago Asian Asian American Asian black grouse Asian coral snake Asian country Asian crocodile Asian flu Asian horseshoe crab Asian influenza Asian longhorned beetle Asian nation Asian pear Asian Russia Asian seabass Asian semi-longhair Asian shamanism Asian shorthair Asian tiger mosquito Asian wild ox Asian-American Asianization Asiarch Asiatic Asiatic beetle Asiatic black bear Asiatic buffalo Asiatic cholera Asiatic cockroach Asiatic flu Asiatic flying squirrel Asiatic shrew mole Asiatic sweetleaf			Asian European Council Asian Executive Advancement Center Asian Exposition on Chemicals and Instrumentation Asian Fantasy Film Expo Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture Asian Federation for the Mentally Retarded Asian Federation of Catholic Medical Associations Asian Federation of Dietetic Associations Asian Federation of Library Associations Asian Federation of Muslim Youth Asian Federation of Natural Language Processing Asian Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Asian Federation of Textile Industries Asian Female Asian Festival of First Films Asian Film Festival of Dallas Asian Film Industry Network Asian Finance and Investment Corporation Ltd. Asian Financial Crisis Asian Fire Grill Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network Asian Fisheries Society Asian flu Asian flush Asian Flush Disease Asian Flush Reaction Asian Flush Response Asian Flush Syndrome Asian Football Business Review Asian Football Confederation Asian Forensic Sciences Network Asian Formula 3 Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development Asian Forum for Information Technology Asian Forum for the Standardization of Information Technology Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility Asian Freight and Supply Chain Award Asian Fund for Cancer Research Asian Futures Asian Game Developers Summit Asian Game Shark Code Centre Asian Games Asian Games News Service Asian Gaming Journalist Association Asian Gaming Journalists Association Asian giant hornet

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