Word: influenzae
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...form of influenza that traditionally strikes the Harvard community in March seems to be more widespread and severe this year than in the past. University Health Services (UHS) doctors said this week...
...regular as clockwork," said Director of Health Services Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker. "This is different, in that we've seen people with real influenza instead of a flu-like virus, and we've seen a lot of secondary bronchitis," he added...
Although both influenza and the more common 'flu' are caused by viruses, influenza is much rarer and is considered by doctors to be more serious, Wacker said...
According to the SDH, all of the influenza viruses isolated were of the A. Brazil strain, except for one case of the A. Phillipine strain...
More ominous, in non-economic terms, the plight of the Indians is shocking. Twenty-five of every 100,000 Indians will be murdered in a given year, two-and-a-half times the national average, and 22 will kill themselves--twice the national average. Diseases like diabetes, pneumonia, influenza and tuberculosis are generally three times as likely to take Indians' lives as others...