Hong Kong flu

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Etymology

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So called because it originated in Hong Kong.

Noun

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Hong Kong flu (uncountable)

  1. A form of influenza caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, that killed around one million people worldwide during an outbreak in 1968 and 1969.
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