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Asiatic flu

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asian flunounA form of influenza that originated in China and became a worldwide pandemic in the 1950s.
asiatic choleranounan acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
influenzanoun(pathology) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.
asiaticusnoun
spanish flunoun(pathology) Alternative form of Spanish influenza. [(pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.]
bird flunounAvian influenza.
infectious diseasenoun(medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host.
swine flunoun(pathology) Influenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.
epidemic diseasenounany infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
viral infectionnouninfection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans
dengue fevernounAn acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
contagious diseaseA contagious disease is an infectious disease that can be spread rapidly in several ways, including direct contact, indirect contact, and Droplet contact.
typhoid fevernoun(pathology) An illness caused by the bacterium serovar Salmonella Typhi. Not to be confused with typhus.
filovirusnounAny virus of the Filoviridae family.
hantavirusnoun(virology) Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.
epidemic choleranounan acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
flu shotnounA vaccination against seasonal influenza.
epidemicsnouna peer-reviewed academic journal of epidemics.
infectionnounAn uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
animal virusAnimal viruses are viruses that infect animals.

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