swine flu
nounDefinition of swine flu
: swine influenza
also
: influenza A of humans that is caused by a different strain of an orthomyxovirus subtype (H1N1) from those found in swine and that is marked especially by fever, sore throat, cough, chills, body aches, fatigue, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting
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His quip on the swine flu epidemic led to a public uproar in China even as some on Wall Street said the reaction was overblown. — Cathy Chan, Fortune, "UBS Loses a Deal in China After Economist's 'Pig' Comment," 17 June 2019 In 2009, three pigs at the State Fair tested positive for the H1N1 swine flu virus. — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, "State Fair: Getting the animals in and out like a choreographed dance," 25 Aug. 2019 China already is grappling with record high food prices driven in part by a raging epidemic of African swine flu. — Fortune, "The Week Trump and Xi Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Trade War—CEO Daily," 10 Aug. 2019 There was a swine flu pandemic in 2009 in the United States. — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, "Pedro Martinez still baseball’s daddy years after retirement," 5 Aug. 2019 There was a swine flu pandemic in 2009 in the United States. — Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, "Count Pedro Martinez among those who think baseball is home run happy," 5 Aug. 2019 Previous emergencies were declared for the devastating 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people, the emergence of Zika in the Americas, the swine flu pandemic and polio eradication. — Fox News, "Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency by WHO," 18 July 2019 An Investing in Funds & ETFs article on Monday about commodities incorrectly referred to swine flu, the disease that can infect humans. — WSJ, "Corrections & Amplifications," 14 June 2019 In 2011, Ben-Tal, Webby and their collaborators became the first to use machine learning to compare protein sequences of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic swine flu with hundreds of other swine viruses. — Quanta Magazine, "Decoding Flu Viruses Before an Outbreak," 29 Aug. 2013These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'swine flu.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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