avian flu(e)
11avian influenza — n. a sometimes fatal influenza virus found in birds; potentially transmittable to humans Also called avian flu bird flu Etymology: [1960 65] …
12Flu season — is the portion of the year in which there is a regular outbreak in flu cases. It occurs during the cold half of the year in each hemisphere. Flu activity can sometimes be predicted and even tracked geographically. While the beginning of major flu …
13Avian — may refer to: * Bird * Avian (band), an American metal band * Avians, a fantasy race in several fantasy settingsee also* Avian influenza, also known as Avian bird flu …
14avian influenza — n a highly variable mild to fulminant influenza typically of domestic and wild birds that is characterized usu. by respiratory symptoms but sometimes by gastrointestinal, integumentary, and urogenital symptoms and that is caused by strains (as… …
15flu — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mild ▪ bad ▪ gastric (BrE), stomach (AmE) ▪ avian, bird ▪ …
16Flu (disambiguation) — The flu is influenza, an infectious disease of birds and mammals.Flu may also refer to: * Stomach flu or Gastroenteritis * Flushing Airport s IATA code * Avian Influenza Bird Flu * H5N1 * Man flu, a syndrome in which a viral infection in men… …
17avian — adj. Avian is used with these nouns: ↑flu, ↑influenza …
18avian influenza — a disease of poultry and other birds caused by strains of influenza A virus. The severity of the disease depends on the strain of virus involved: H5N1 is particularly deadly (causing fowl plague (or pest), with a mortality approaching 100%) and… …
191918 flu pandemic — Soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas ill with Spanish influenza at a hospital ward at …
20Fujian flu — See H5N1 flu and Flu for details about the illnesses and H5N1 and H3N2 for details about the causative agents. Fujian flu refers to flu caused by either a Fujian human flu strain of the H3N2 subtype of the Influenza A virus or a Fujian bird flu… …
