The Hong Kong flu strain shared internal genes and the neuraminidase with the 1957 Asian flu (H2N2).
In addition, he supported an effective response by the Communicable Disease Center to the 1957 Asian influenza pandemic and gave ongoing, measured support to the development of the oral polio vaccine developed by Albert Sabin.
Filming on Onionhead was held up for a week in November 1957 when Andy Griffith came down with the Asian flu.
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