Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Hesperan thumping cough was a medical condition similar to influenza.
In the script for the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Angel One", Wesley Crusher remarked that the virus he contracted on Quazulu VIII was worse than Hesperan thumping cough.
External link[]
- Hesperan thumping cough at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works