How to Use influenza in a Sentence

influenza

noun

• The flu, or influenza, is a respiratory infection caused by a different virus.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2024
• But while flu is caused by influenza viruses only, a cold can be caused by more than 200 different viruses, according to Davis.
  — Juno Demelo, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Increases of Covid-19 and influenza have also been linked to wildfire smoke.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 June 2023
• Can bird flu kill people? Avian influenza can be fatal in humans.
  — WSJ, 2 June 2021
• The board’s decision has roots in an event a century ago: the 1918 Spanish influenza outbreak, Aarons said.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2021

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024