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TeachMeFinance.com - explain influenza influenza The term 'influenza' as it applies to the area of hospitals can be defined as 'A serious and sometimes deadly lung infection that can spread quickly in a community. Symptoms include fever—often a high temperature of more than 102° Fahrenheit (38.9° Celsius), headache, muscle aches and pains, chills, cough and chest pain when you take a breath ('pleuritic chest pain'). Although most people recover from the illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) estimates that in the United States more than 200,000 people are hospitalized and about 36,000 people die from the flu and its complications every year'. The term 'influenza' as it applies to the area of illness can be defined as ' A serious disease caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract'. Previous 5 Terms: Inflow Notch Inflow Stinger Influent Influent Seepage Influent Stream Next 5 Terms: Information Model information system Informed consent informed consent document Infoshare About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.