swine influenza

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A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine.swine flu

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Words nearby swine influenza

Swindon, swine, swine fever, swine flu, swineherd, swine influenza, swine plague, swinepox, swine's cress, swine vesicular disease, swing

How to use swine influenza in a sentence

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And right now in the US, there is an FDA-approved inhaled vaccine to prevent influenza called FluMist.
Powdered Measles Vaccine Could Be Huge for Developing World|Kent Sepkowitz|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unlike influenza, it is incapable of traveling through tiny microscopic particles.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Gerald Ford and the swine flu pandemic that never happened in 1976 is a cautionary tale that government action can backfire.
How Presidents Handle Pandemics|Eleanor Clift|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The next day, as it happened, I had to go to bed with influenza, and wrote him that I might not get out for a week.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
For example, a dreadful influenza epidemic occurred followed by a severe fuel shortage due to a railroad strike.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
I am still alive, and in spite of the influenza perfectly well.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
After the other seven were almost wholly recovered Henry lay down to influenza on his own account.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson