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Medical condition
| Influenza |
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| Other names | Flu, the flu, Grippe |
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| Influenza virus, magnified approximately 100,000 times |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
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| Symptoms | Fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle and joint pain, headache, coughing, feeling tired[2] |
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| Usual onset | One to four days after exposure[2] |
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| Duration | ~1 week[2] |
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| Causes | Influenza viruses[3] |
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| Prevention | Hand washing, influenza vaccine, surgical masks[2][4] |
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| Medication | Neuraminidase inhibitors such as oseltamivir[2] |
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| Frequency | 3–5 million severe cases per year[2] |
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| Deaths | Up to 650,000 respiratory deaths per year[2][5] |
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