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swine flu
noun
: swine influenza
also
: influenza A of humans that is caused by a different strain of an orthomyxovirus subtype (H1N1) from those found in swine and that is marked especially by fever, sore throat, cough, chills, body aches, fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting
Examples of swine flu in a Sentence
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The Company is also developing drugs against a number of viral diseases including oral and genital Herpes, viral diseases of the eye including EKC and herpes keratitis, H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu, seasonal Influenza, HIV, Hepatitis C, Rabies, Dengue fever, and Ebola virus, among others.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
Before April 17, 2009, the risk of a swine flu pandemic would have seemed pretty low.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 3 May 2024
But 15 years ago this spring, CDC was notified about two kids from California who had tested positive for swine flu who hadn’t had exposure to pigs or each other.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 3 May 2024
In 2009, doctors, desperate to save patients dangerously ill with H1N1, or swine flu, put some of them on ECMO.
—Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Humans are occasionally infected with the swine flu by pigs, usually after exposure to pigs or contaminated environments.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 27 Nov. 2023
The first death associated with MMS, combined with the swine flu epidemic in 2010, first spurred regulators to eye MMS.
—Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
During his tenure in public service, Fauci helped guide public policy on HIV/AIDS, SARS, MERS, avian influenza, swine flu, Zika and Ebola.
—Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
The first human case of the swine flu strain H1N2 has been detected in the United Kingdom, health officials there announced Monday.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Swine flu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swine%20flu. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
swine flu
noun
: swine influenza
also
: influenza of humans that is caused by a subtype (H1N1) of an orthomyxovirus (species Influenza A virus of the genus Influenzavirus A) originating in swine and is marked especially by fever, sore throat, cough, chills, body aches, fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting
Among the swine flu cases in the United States, none had had any contact with pigs … —Marc Lacey and Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
As swine flu spreads from person to person around the world, it is most often being transmitted by coughing or sneezing … —Laura Landro, The Wall Street Journal
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