Synonyms for influenza
ˌɪn fluˈɛn zəin·fluen·za

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1. influenzanoun

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

2. influenzanoun

   An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

   Synonyms:
   grippe, flu, grip

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1. influenza, flu, grippenoun

   an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

   Synonyms:
   flu, grippe

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1. • Contagious Disease
   • Respiratory Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "influenza":

   flu, avian, influence, anti-influenza, h1n1, grippe, 'influenza, flu-like, ili

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1. Joshy Jacob:

   We have identified a potentially new treatment for H1N1 human influenza virus, which is a peptide that comes from the skin of a frog from southern India.

2. Jennifer Radin:

   Responding more quickly to influenza outbreaks can prevent further spread and infection, and we were curious to see if sensor data could improve real-time surveillance.

3. William Schaffner:

   We need to continue funding the research to create a better influenza vaccine, going forward, flu is going to continue to appear around the world and make annual epidemics that cause incredible amounts of illness, social and economic disruption, so we clearly need a better influenza vaccine.

4. Susan Taghioff:

   Despite this, the influenza vaccine is by no means a replacement for the COVID-19 vaccine, and we advocate for everyone to receive their COVID-19 vaccine if able to. Continued promotion of the influenza vaccine also has the potential to help the global population avoid a possible ‘twindemic’ – a simultaneous outbreak of both influenza and coronavirus.

5. Janet Hamilton:

   I think every public health response that I have ever worked, we want a crystal ball. It's just exceedingly hard to get there really early on, even for things that we have understood much better for years, tell me when influenza season is going to end. I can't.