flu-like illness

collocation in English

meaningsofillness

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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They might have been false positive epidemiologic cases withflu-likeillnessdue to another cause.
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Symptoms range from mildflu-likeillnessto encephalitis, coma and death.
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In children, vaccines again showed high efficacy, but low effectiveness in preventingflu-likeillness.
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Infection orflu-likeillnessand stressful life event are most often cited.
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Initially, they may includeflu-likeillness, fever, headache, sore throat, fatigue, aching muscles and joints.
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His father died at the age of 32 after a severeflu-likeillness.
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The virus is zoonotic and leads to aflu-likeillnessin infected humans.
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Three healthcare personnel treating the case patient also developedflu-likeillnesswith laboratory evidence of swine influenza virus infection.
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During the first few weeks after exposure, the infection typically causes a mild,flu-likeillnessor no illness.
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Two workers at the piggery came down with an unexplained seriousflu-likeillness, but subsequently recovered.
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Among cases in which symptoms do appear, symptoms tend to be non-specific, resembling aflu-likeillness, and are not indicative of a specific causative agent.
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