4 stages from point of view of infected individual
1) incubation period
2)prodromal stage
3) invasion period
4) convalescence
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What is fever?
Pyrexia
The body temperature is being regulated at a higher level than normal
Nervous system feedbacks to hypothalamus which regulates body temp=body’s thermostat
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Pyrogens
A particular protein that causes increased on body temp- they reset the temperature in hypothalamus
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