An influenza epidemic killed millions of people in the early 20th century. From LearnThat.org.
The name influenza comes from the Italian: influenza, meaning. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests] Reference
The name influenza comes from the Italian: influenza, meaning "influence" (Latin: influentia). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Indonesia girl dies from bird flu, 3 undergo tests] Reference
“The word influenza comes from the Old Italian,” she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantis Prophecy] Reference
That's where the term influenza, the Italian word for influence, came from. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2007] Reference
It is derived from the Italian word "influenza," which means: "to drink a lot of ginger ale.". From Wordnik.com. [Dickipedia: The Flu] Reference
Finally, as Jenn R pointed out, influenza is HORRIBLE. From Wordnik.com. [H1N1] Reference
Many people insisted on putting the word influenza in quotation marks. From Wordnik.com. [Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It] Reference
But what if everything we think we know about fighting influenza is wrong?. From Wordnik.com. [Does the Vaccine Matter?] Reference
Novel H1N1 influenza is a strain of influenza that typically infects pigs. From Wordnik.com. [Novel H1N1 Influenza] Reference
Some people incorrectly believe that they can get influenza from the vaccine. From Wordnik.com. [Influenza Vaccine] Reference
The influenza is very present in the excellent Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Setting the Record Straight on Textbooks] Reference
Note: The word influenza is from the old idea that there was some astral influence on sicknesses. From Wordnik.com. [Influenza and the Commodi-tea Party] Reference
The reason I choose not to inoculate against influenza is based on a lot of research and my own health history. From Wordnik.com. [H1N1] Reference
Commonly known as the flu, influenza is a virus that infects the trachea (windpipe) or bronchi (breathing tubes). From Wordnik.com. [Influenza Vaccine] Reference
The best way to tell if you have influenza is for the doctor to swab your throat and have a laboratory confirm the diagnosis. From Wordnik.com. [Influenza Vaccine] Reference
The scientific term "influenza"--like pizza, organized crime, and Long Island--originated in Italy. From Wordnik.com. [Dickipedia: The Flu] Reference
Luckily, type A influenza was the dominant kind this year. From Wordnik.com. [Costs, Benefits and This Year’s Flu Shot - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The flu is a highly contagious disease known as the influenza virus. From Wordnik.com. [Random feeds from Syndic8.com] Reference
The virus responsible for this pandemic is now known as influenza A (H1N1). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
Clearly, swine flu (now known as influenza A - H1N1) is nothing to sneeze at. From Wordnik.com. [tripso.com] Reference
Dennis likes to call the influenza virus a piece of bad news wrapped in protein. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"I am aware of some cases of influenza, which isn't unusual this time of year," Hammer said. From Wordnik.com. [The Athens NEWS :: Athens, Ohio's only locally-owned newspaper :: Home] Reference
Fanny's "influenza," I now discovered, dated back to May. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
Sofi Mabhena, who says she was born during the "influenza". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
However, many believe the "influenza" is a modification of this plague. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
"infectious catarrh," but what professional man would term the influenza of 1831 so?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on the Cholera Morbus. Containing ample evidence that this disease, under whatever name known, cannot be transmitted from the persons of those labouring under it to other individuals, by contact—through the medium of inanimate substances—or through the medium of the atmosphere; and that all restrictions, by cordons and quarantine regulations, are, as far as regards this disease, not merely useless, but highly injurious to the community.] Reference
'erself with that cold as' ud be called influenza if it wasn't for frightening the lodgers. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
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