Hong Kong Flu Definition

noun

A form of influenza caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift , that killed around one million people worldwide during an outbreak in 1968 and 1969.

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Origin of Hong Kong Flu

  • So called because it originated in Hong Kong.

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