outbreak of flu

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• Flu 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 …   Wikipedia

• Outbreak (film) — Outbreak Theatrical release poster Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Produced by …   Wikipedia

• flu — n. 1) to come down with (the) flu 2) intestinal flu 3) a strain of flu (virus) 4) an attack, bout; outbreak; touch of (the) flu * * * [fluː] bout outbreak touch of (the) flu an attack intestinal flu to come down with (the) flu a strain of flu …   Combinatory dictionary

• outbreak — 01. With tensions mounting between the different ethnic groups, the U.N. fears the [outbreak] of a civil war. 02. Decreased tourist revenues are believed to be the result of the SARS [outbreak] in Canada. 03. The Queen s visit has been postponed… …   Grammatical examples in English

• flu — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mild ▪ bad ▪ gastric (BrE), stomach (AmE) ▪ avian, bird ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• flu — [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• flu — [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza… …   Word origins

• outbreak — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, major, serious, severe ▪ fresh (esp. BrE), further (esp. BrE), new ▪ recent …   Collocations dictionary

• 2009 flu pandemic in the United Kingdom — Main article: 2009 flu pandemic Further information: 2009 flu pandemic by country 2009 swine flu pandemic in the UK Disease Swine flu Virus strain H1N1 Arrival date 27 April 2009[1] Origin …   Wikipedia

• 2009 flu pandemic — Pandemic H1N1/09 Influenza Classification and external resources Electron microscope image of the reassorted H1N1 influenza virus. The viruses are 100 nanometres in diameter.[ …   Wikipedia

• 2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak — An outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in Australia was confirmed by the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries on 24 August 2007 in Sydney. Also known as horse flu , the rapid outbreak was of the Influenza A virus strain of subtype H3N8 …   Wikipedia