Hong Kong flu in English

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        "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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"Hong Kong flu" meaning in English

Noun