Noun
An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHunger reduces one to an utterly spineless, brainless condition, more like the after-effects of influenza than anything else. It is as though all one's blood had been pumped out and lukewarm water substituted. George Orwell
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. Jared Diamond
My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918. James Rainwater
For the first time in history, we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real-time... Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. Margaret Chan
Pandemic influenza is by nature an international issue; it requires an international solution. Margaret Chan
The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great potential for changes, for mutation. Margaret Chan