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The Hong Kong flu, also known as the 1968 flu pandemic, was a flu pandemic that occurred in 1968 and 1969 and which killed between one and four million people globally. It is among the deadliest pandemics in history, and was caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus.
Symptomatic treatment. The United States authority on disease prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommends that people with influenza infections: Stay at home. Get plenty of rest. Drink a lot of liquids. Do not smoke or drink alcohol.
recommended dosage for the treatment of seasonal influenza in adults and adolescents aged 13 years and above is 150 mg per day (given as 75 mg bd) for 5 days.
Hong Kong experi enced an influenza season from April to May this year after the very low influenza activity recorded in the past three years related to the stringent hygiene and social distancing measures during COVID -19 pandemic.
17 Ιουν 2024 · In Hong Kong, seasonal influenza is usually more common in periods from January to March/April and from July to August. In contrast, avian influenza (AI) is caused by those influenza viruses that mainly affect birds and poultry, such as chickens or ducks.
The Hong Kong Flu was a flu pandemic caused by a strain of H3N2 descended from H2N2 by antigenic shift, in which genes from multiple subtypes reassorted to form a new virus. This pandemic of 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated one million people worldwide.
Public health investigations reported in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report identified influenza A2/Hong Kong virus (subsequently referred to as influenza A (H3N2) virus) in travelers to the United States from Asia. 9 Increased surveillance in the United States continued over the next year, expanding upon systems implemented for the 1957 ...
