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The phrase "catch flu" is not technically correct English since the word "flu" is short for "influenza", which is an illness, not something that can be "caught" or "gotten".
However, it is often used colloquially as a shorthand to refer to catching the flu. For example: "I think I caught flu after going to the party last weekend."
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Ferrets catch flu just as humans do.
As a child, I had the bad luck to catch flu nearly every winter.
The work was done in ferrets, which catch flu the same way people do and are considered the best model for studying it.
Indeed, patients with heart disease are at greater risk of a heart attack if they catch flu and therefore need the protection of their statin.
It's also possible to catch flu by touching an item that has been touched by an infected person, but only for a few hours afterwards.
Patients with longstanding heart, lung, or kidney disease can become extremely unwell very quickly, especially if they catch flu or a vomiting bug.
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My first course took three weeks and, because I caught flu midway through it, my second course took six weeks.
"Oui," she lied, flew forthwith from Paris to Crete, caught flu, hid in bed and learned her lines for the first scene.
What should I do if I think I have caught flu?
"This news could hardly be more worrying -– not only have these people confirmed they suffered violent attacks from outsiders in Peru, but they have apparently already caught flu," Survival International director Stephen Corry said in a news release.
Also, if they caught flu, they did not expect any serious consequences [ 5].
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