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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as acute respiratory infection (ARI) andflu-like syndrome/symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms. Here, SARI refers to Severe Acute Respiratory Infection. Symptoms commonly include fever, shivering, chills, malaise, dry cough, loss ofappetite, body aches and nausea, typically in connection with a sudden onset of illness. In most cases, the symptoms are caused by cytokines released byimmune system activation and are thus relatively non-specific. | |||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Revision as of 20:50, 15 December 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alberto Plate [2]
Overview
Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as acute respiratory infection (ARI) andflu-like syndrome/symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms. Here, SARI refers to Severe Acute Respiratory Infection. Symptoms commonly include fever, shivering, chills, malaise, dry cough, loss ofappetite, body aches and nausea, typically in connection with a sudden onset of illness. In most cases, the symptoms are caused by cytokines released byimmune system activation and are thus relatively non-specific.