Word: a2
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Some Italians dubbed the new bug "the moon flu," because it began to spread about the time the Apollo 12 astronauts returned to earth. Others called it "space flu," because it moved south at 20 miles per hour. Italy's Ministry of Health labeled it "a variation of A2 Hong Kong flu, a nephew of the Asiatic type," which reached epidemic proportions in Europe and the U.S. in 1967-68. By whatever name, as of last week the flu had struck 15 million Italians (out of 54 million). Said one U.S. diplomat: "I haven't seen anything like...
Amantadine's effectiveness seems to be confined to the Asian A-2 strains of influenza virus. Last winter the U.S. Public Health Service, troubled by the drug's side effects, refused to approve its use against the newly emerging Hong Kong strain of A2. The stated reason was that its value had not been proved-though virologists complained at the Manhattan meeting that this was a disingenuous quibble. It could have been predicted, they said, that amantadine would prove as effective against the Hong Kong strain as it was against other...
...Also, students must take two half-courses from the list described in A2 above...
...Also, students must take two half courses from the list described in A2 above. Other courses, such as ones drawn from Math and Statistics, might prove appropriate...
...British sufferer from A2 HK-68, I protest against the use of the term "Hong Kong" flu [Jan. 31]. The crown colony was the first victim, not the originator, of the epidemic. The virus was clearly manufactured in the secret mainland laboratories of China, probably under the malevolent supervision of Sax Rohmer's archfiend, the Devil Doctor himself...