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flu
/fluː/
noun
Grip, ateş, vücut ağrısı, öksürük ve yorgunluğa neden olan bulaşıcı viral enfeksiyon
A contagious viral infection causing fever, body aches, cough, and fatigue; short for influenza.
- She stayed home from work because she had the flu.
- Getting a flu shot every year can help prevent infection.
- The flu is spreading quickly this winter.
- Public health officials monitor flu outbreaks closely to predict which viral strains will dominate each season and guide vaccine development.
- The pandemic demonstrated how rapidly a novel flu variant can spread across continents, overwhelming healthcare infrastructure within weeks.
- Epidemiologists use mathematical models to estimate flu transmission rates and evaluate the potential impact of intervention strategies such as school closures.