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Hong Kong flu logo #21003(from the article `influenza`) ...circled the globe. After 10 years of evolution that produced annual epidemics, the Asian flu disappeared in 1968, only to be replaced by a new ...
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Hong Kong flu

Hong Kong flu logo #20909Hong Kong flu: A pandemic of influenza A (H3N2) in 1968-69. This virus was first detected in Hong Kong in early 1968 and spread to the United States later that year. where it caused about 34,000 deaths, making it the mildest pandemic in the 20th century. Also known as Hong Kong influenza. There could be several reasons why fewer people in the US di...
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