Definition of Asian influenza

1. Noun. Influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957.

Exact synonyms: Asiatic Flu
Generic synonyms: Flu, Grippe, Influenza

Medical Definition of Asian influenza

1. A worldwide influenza, apparently originating in China in the summer of 1957, which produces a milder disease than that of the pandemic of 1917-1919. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asian Influenza

Asian Russia
Asian Semi-longhair
Asian Semi-longhairs
Asian bearcat
Asian bearcats
Asian black grouse
Asian black rat
Asian black rats
Asian coral snake
Asian country
Asian crocodile
Asian dust
Asian elephant
Asian elephants
Asian horseshoe crab
Asian influenza (current term)
Asian lion
Asian lions
Asian longhorned beetle
Asian nation
Asian pear
Asian shamanism
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian wild ox
Asianic
Asianisation
Asianisations
Asianization
Asianizations
Asians

Literary usage of Asian influenza

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Kaolin has been used successfully in the removal of the non-specific inhibitors in human and fowl sera to Asian influenza viruses (Spence, 1960). ..."

2. Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering by National Research Council (2002)
"Previously circulating pandemic influenza strains, most notably the 1918 Spanish influenza (Taubenberger, 2000) and the 1957 Asian influenza (Cox and ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... Symme- trel) is an antiviral agent effective against A2 (Asian) influenza in animals (/) and in man (2). Although it has no anticholinergic activity in ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... equine and rabbit sera has been shown to neutralize infectivity as well as inhibit haemagglutination of some strains of Asian influenza viruses (Cohen ..."

5. Enforcement Procedures And Scheduling For Occupational Exposure To Tuberculosisby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"General discussion: the mechanism of spread of Asian influenza. Am Rev Respir Dis 1961;83:3e~8. 112. ..."

6. Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1906)
"The incidence of total respiratory disease during the 1957 to 1958 Asian influenza epidemic was greater than in the same cities during non-epidemic years. ..."

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