influenza

Definition of influenza in English English dictionary: An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics; An acute infectious, epidemic disease marked by depression, fever, inflammation of the nose, larynx and bronchi along with muscular pains; caused by a virus Also referred to as "flu"; Influenza is the same as flu. an infectious disease that is like a very bad cold = flu (influentia; INFLUENCE). or flu or grippe Acute viral infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract. Influenza viruses A (the most common), B, and C produce similar symptoms, but infection with or vaccination against one does not give immunity against the others. Chills, fatigue, and muscle aches begin abruptly. The temperature soon reaches 38-40 °C (101-104 °F). Head, muscle, abdominal, and joint aches may be accompanied by sore throat. Recovery starts in three to four days, and respiratory symptoms become more prominent. Bed rest, high fluid intake, and aspirin or other antifever drugs are standard treatment. Influenza A tends to occur in wavelike annual pandemics. Mortality is usually low, but in rare outbreaks (see influenza epidemic of 1918-19) it reaches immense proportions. Most deaths result from pneumonia or bronchitis; Say: in-floo-en-za Feeling suddenly feverish, achy, and crummy all over? Sounds like influenza's in your body - the full name for the flu!; A contagious viral infection of the nose, throat and lungs; the flu; an infectious respiratory disease contracted by inhaling a virus Influenza is characterized by chills, fever, prostration, headache, muscle aches, sore throat and a dry cough Influenza may be life-threatening in infants, the elderly and persons with compromised immune systems; An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever; a viral respiratory tract infection The influenza viruses are divided into three types: A, B, and C; An acute viral infection involving the respiratory tract It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, the pharynx, and conjunctiva, and by headache and severe, often generalized, myalgia; An acute, contagious respiratory infection characterized by the sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, tenderness or pain in the muscles, and sometimes absolute exhaustion (CMD 1997); - Upper respiratory viral illness; characterized by fever, muscle pain sore throat and nonproductive cough; often called flu; an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease; {i} contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by fever and inflammation of the respiratory tract; flu
influenza pandemic: (Tıp, İlaç) An influenza pandemic is an epidemic of the influenza virus that spreads on a worldwide scale and infects s large proportion of the human population. In contrast to the regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularly, with the 1918 Spanish flu the most serious pandemic in recent history. Pandemics can cause high levels of mortality, with the Spanish influenza being responsible for the deaths of over 50 million people
influenza vaccine: The influenza vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus
influenza epidemic of 1918-19: or Spanish influenza epidemic Most severe influenza outbreak of the 20th century. It apparently started as a fairly mild strain in a U.S. army camp in early March 1918. Troops sent to fight in World War I spread the virus to western Europe. Outbreaks occurred in nearly every inhabited part of the world, spreading from ports to cities along transportation routes. Pneumonia often developed quickly and killed within two days. Among the most deadly epidemics in history, it left an estimated 25 million dead; unusually, half the deaths were among 20-to 40-year-olds
influenza virus: contagious disease which causes general pain and fever
Spanish influenza: An influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people
avian influenza: Any strain of influenza carried by and primarily affecting birds
swine influenza: swine flu
ınfluenza: {n} an epidemic cold or catarrh
avian influenza: Fowl plague, avian flu, bird flu, acute and generally fatal viral infectious disease of chickens and other domestic and wild birds (characterized by fever, swollen head and neck, color of the comb and wattle is bluish-black, diarrhea and respiratory distress) which can infect humans and other animals (such as horses, pigs, seals and whales)
avian influenza: (Tıp, İlaç) A highly contagious type of influenza found in birds, bird flu
swine influenza: Swine influenza (also swine flu) refers to influenza caused by any virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae that is endemic to pig populations
Asian influenza: Influenza caused by a strain of the most common influenza virus (type A), which was first isolated in China during the 1957 epidemic. Also called Asian flu
asian influenza: influenza caused by the Asian virus that was first isolated in 1957
influenzal: {s} of or relating to influenza; resulting from influenza
swine influenza: an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same viurs that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic