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H3N2 virus

infectious agent

Also known as: Hong Kong flu virus, influenza A subtype H3N2

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Asian flu of 1957

In 1957 flu pandemic
…a new influenza A subtype, H3N2, which gave rise to the 1968 flu pandemic.
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Hong Kong flu of 1968

In 1968 flu pandemic
… known as influenza A subtype H3N2. It is suspected that this virus evolved from the strain of influenza that caused the 1957 pandemic. The 1957 pandemic flu virus, or influenza A subtype H2N2, is thought to have given rise to H3N2 through a process called antigenic shift, in which the…
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