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Wacker said that in the last week, six students exhibiting influenza symptoms were admitted to Stillman Infirmary, and "a lot more" were treated in the out-patient clinic...
...Influenza, as opposed to the more common flu is marked by chills, high fever, muscle aching, headache and a cough, Postel said, adding, "the flu is more like a cold--a sore throat and stuffy nose...
Wacker said that statewide, all of the patients thus far diagnosed as having influenza were young people. He reported that to date only students had come to UHS exhibiting signs of the virus...
However, despite occurence of the influenza virus some health experts are down-playing the outbreak's significance. Postel noted that so far the number of cases reported was much fewer than previous epidemics...
According to the SDH, all of the influenza viruses isolated were of the A. Brazil strain, except for one case of the A. Phillipine strain...