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influenza-like illness

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influenza-like illness,
nonspecific respiratory illness whose symptoms resemble those of influenza but which are usually caused not by influenza virus infection but by other viruses or by bacteria.


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GENEVA, Nov 3 (KUNA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that Ukrainian Ministry of Health has now recorded more than 250,000 cases of influenza-like illness, with 235 patients requiring intensive care.
From their virologic testing, they knew that most of that influenza-like illness was based on this new H1N1 strain, and from that, they estimated that around half a million New York City residents may have been infected with this new virus.
Clinical definition Acute respiratory illness accompanied by fever (more than 38AC), with the spectrum of disease ranging between influenza-like illness (ILI) to pneumonia, an inflammation of the lungs accompanied by congestion Common definition A highly contagious acute respiratory disease of pigs, caused by one of several swine influenza A viruses.
 
 
 
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