TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Influenza
A1  - Wright, Peter F.
A2  - Jameson, J. Larry
A2  - Fauci, Anthony S.
A2  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A2  - Hauser, Stephen L.
A2  - Longo, Dan L.
A2  - Loscalzo, Joseph
PY  - 2018
T2  - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
AB  - The  term  influenza  represents  both  a  clinically  defined  respiratory  illness  accompanied  by  systemic  symptoms  of  fever,  malaise,  and  myalgia  and  the  name  of  the  orthomyxoviruses  that  cause  this  syndrome.  Although  this  term  is  sometimes  used  more  generally  to  denote  any  viral  respiratory  illness,  many  features  distinguish  influenza  from  these  other  illnesses,  most  particularly  its  systemic  symptoms,  its  propensity  to  cause  sharply  peaked  winter  epidemics,  and  its  capacity  to  spread  rapidly  among  close  contacts.  The  morbidity  and  mortality  associated  with  influenza  epidemics  are  documented  closely  in  the  United  States  by  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC),  which  records  clinical  cases  of  influenza-like  illness,  cases  of  virologically  documented  influenza,  and  excess  deaths  due  to  pneumonia  and  influenza  combined.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159155079
ER  -