
1) Annual vaccine target 2) Cause of global panic in 1957 3) Eastern blight 4) Malady caused by H2N2 5) Unwanted import from the East
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(from the article `influenza`) ...Spanish flu, which was first widely reported in Spain but seems to have originated in the United States. Subsequent outbreaks of influenza have ...
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Asian flu: A pandemic of influenza A (H2N2) in 1957-58. First identified in China in late February 1957, the Asian flu spread to the United States by June 1957 where it caused about 70,000 deaths. Also known as Asian influenza. Immunity to this strain of influenza A (H2N2) was rare in people less than 65 years of age, and a pandemic was predicted. ...
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