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The '''1968 flu pandemic''' was a category 2 flu pandemic whose outbreak in [[1968]] and [[1969]] killed an estimated million people worldwide.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oPSG1PGmZUkC "Fundamental Immunology"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.jsonline.com/news/usandworld/43705182.html "World health group issues alert Mexican president tries to isolate those with swine flu"]''</ref> It was caused by an [[H3N2]] strain of the [[influenza A virus]], descended from [[H2N2]] through antigenic shift, a genetic process in which genes from multiple subtypes reassorted to form a new virus. Because it originated in [[Hong Kong]], the pandemic is also referred to as '''Hong Kong flu'''.<ref>''[http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/michele_mandel/2009/04/26/9248411-sun.html "No need to panic ... yet Ontario officials are worried swine flu could be pandemic, killing thousands"]''</ref> | The '''1968 flu pandemic''' was a category 2 flu pandemic whose outbreak in [[1968]] and [[1969]] killed an estimated million people worldwide.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oPSG1PGmZUkC "Fundamental Immunology"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.jsonline.com/news/usandworld/43705182.html "World health group issues alert Mexican president tries to isolate those with swine flu"]''</ref> It was caused by an [[H3N2]] strain of the [[influenza A virus]], descended from [[H2N2]] through antigenic shift, a genetic process in which genes from multiple subtypes reassorted to form a new virus. Because it originated in [[Hong Kong]], the pandemic is also referred to as '''Hong Kong flu'''.<ref>''[http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/michele_mandel/2009/04/26/9248411-sun.html "No need to panic ... yet Ontario officials are worried swine flu could be pandemic, killing thousands"]''</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 9 March 2020
| Date | 1968 - 1969 |
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| Deaths | 1000000 |
The 1968 flu pandemic was a category 2 flu pandemic whose outbreak in 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated million people worldwide.[1][2] It was caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, a genetic process in which genes from multiple subtypes reassorted to form a new virus. Because it originated in Hong Kong, the pandemic is also referred to as Hong Kong flu.[3]
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