Avian influenza
A rare infectious disease characterized by variable severity and outcome ranging from mild upper respiratory tract infection with fever and cough to influenza-like illness with rapid progression to severe pneumonia sepsis with shock acute respiratory distress syndrome and even death. Additional manifestations may include conjunctivitis nausea abdominal pain diarrhea vomiting multiple organ dysfunction and encephalopathy.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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