How to Use influenza in a Sentence

influenza

noun
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  • Still, the country saw high rates of both Covid and influenza in the first half of this year.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Here’s a look at the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
  • But all that close contact raises a concern this year: the spread of the influenza virus.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The way influenza vaccines are made is a study in contrast.
    — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The influenza virus has been raising alarm since it was detected in a Texas cow back in March.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Her doctors have told her that the influenza has damaged her heart.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Despite the name, influenza viruses do not cause the stomach flu.
    — Maxine Lipner, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • First, the mortality rate was low, about a third that of most influenza strains.
    — Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Human transmission of influenza A virus is very rare, the CDC said.
    — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Scientists have used sewage to track surges of viruses such as RSV and influenza.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Tamiflu has been stored in the SNS and in state stockpiles in case of an influenza pandemic.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Their data show that H5N1 is the dominant form of influenza A swirling in these Texas towns’ wastewater.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • Canine influenza, commonly known as dog flu, is on the rise in some areas of the United States.
    — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That’s when the flu season began in Australia, and the severity of influenza there can foreshadow what’s in store for the US.
    — Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • In the case of influenza A, the genome is broken into eight separate segments.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In 1918, the historic pandemic influenza was even worse than this.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That tells us if the influenza A virus is a common seasonal one, or a rarer version like H5N1.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • The trouble with making influenza vaccines starts with the flu virus itself.
    — Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
  • It’s advised for anyone 6 months of age and older to get the influenza shot every season, according to the CDC.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Such outbreaks of Avian influenza happen from time to time, Hillman said.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Spring may be around the corner but the flu – specifically, influenza B – is surging.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Anderson said the rise in prices is also connected to the 2022 outbreak of Avian influenza.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Avian influenza spreads through direct, bird-to-bird contact.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The study has diagnosed cases of the influenza in high numbers of bald eagles and other avian species from member states.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Like influenza in humans, bird flu is a quickly evolving virus.
    — Jess Craig, Vox, 14 May 2024
  • The specimen tested positive for influenza A virus on the same day.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Avian influenza poses a low risk to humans, experts say.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The great influenza pandemic that began in 1918 was propelled, in part, by troop movements and population shifts at the end of the First World War.
    — Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Increases of Covid-19 and influenza have also been linked to wildfire smoke.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • The name of a typical influenza virus has multiple parts.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024

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