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Asian flu

A·sian flu

(ā'zhăn flū)

Influenza caused by H₂N₂ influenza A virus that was responsible for over 60,000 deaths in the United States during the 1957 to 1958 influenza pandemic.

Asian flu

An acute viral INFLUENZA caused by the influenza A-2 virus.

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