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Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms. These include fever, shivering , chills , malaise , dry cough , loss of appetite , body aches, nausea , and sneezing typically in connection with a sudden onset of ...
Different lineages of influenza have risen and persisted, similar to the way other viruses work, Ray explains, like the coronavirus. The two most severe and most common flu strains are type A and ...
This is a list of infectious diseases, other than the most common ones, that cause flu-like syndrome (influenza-like illness): Bacterial. Anthrax [1] Brucellosis [2]
Influenza B virus mainly infects humans but has been identified in seals, horses, dogs, and pigs. [23] Influenza B virus does not have subtypes like influenza A virus but has two antigenically distinct lineages, termed the B/Victoria/2/1987-like and B/Yamagata/16/1988-like lineages, [1] or simply (B/)Victoria(-like) and (B/)Yamagata(-like).
There are four different types of influenza virus: A, B, C, and D. Influenza C usually causes only mild illness while D mostly affects animals, especially cattle.
There's another virus out there that could be adding to the seasonal misery, but it's not being identified.
An epidemic of influenza-like illness of unknown causation occurred in Mexico in March–April 2009. On 24 April 2009, following the isolation of an A/H1N1 influenza in seven ill patients in the southwest US, the WHO issued a statement on the outbreak of "influenza like illness" that confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza had been reported in ...
Reasonably effective ways to reduce the transmission of influenza include good personal health and hygiene habits such as: not touching your eyes, nose or mouth; [6] frequent hand washing (with soap and water, or with alcohol-based hand rubs); [6] eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables; [16] covering coughs and sneezes; avoiding close contact with sick people; and staying home yourself if ...