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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 ...
During the week ending Feb. 1, nearly 8% of visits to health care providers were for influenza-like illness (a fever plus a cough or sore throat) — the highest level seen since the peak of the ...
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]
In a typical year, influenza viruses infect 5–15% of the global population, [3] [62] causing 3–5 million cases of severe illness annually [1] [2] and accounting for 290,000–650,000 deaths each year due to respiratory illness.
During week five of this year, the week ended Feb. 1, ILI patients accounted for 7.8% of outpatient visits—the highest percentage recorded among data going back to the 1997–98 flu season.
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 ...
Formation of the index H5N1 virus bearing the 2.3.4.4b HA gene in 2020. The eight bars represent the eight gene segments (from top to bottom: PB2, PB1, PA, HA, NP, NA, M, and NS), and the colour of the bar indicates the closest donor strain of the gene segment.
Influenza A virus subtype H7N7 (A/H7N7) is a subtype of Influenza A virus, a genus of Orthomyxovirus, the viruses responsible for influenza. Highly pathogenic strains (HPAI) and low pathogenic strains (LPAI) exist. H7N7 can infect humans, birds, pigs, seals, and horses in the wild; and has infected mice in laboratory studies.