How Severe Is The Illness That Comes With Swine Flu?

Allison Aiello, Ph.D., MS, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
May 27, 2009

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Question: How severe is the illness that comes with swine flu?

Allison Aiello, Ph.D., University of Michigan School of Public Health

Answer: The symptoms that accompany swine flu are very similar to that of seasonal influenza and include fever, cough, sore throat, sneezing, chills, aches -- sometimes headache -- and also some individuals are also reporting potentially vomiting or diarrhea.

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