At first it seems like a case of severe flu, but then the fever rises, accompanied by headaches, excruciating joint pain, nausea and rashes.

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His whole body seemed to suck it up, bag after bag, and then his fever broke, and the spots on his skin began to fade like ordinary bruises, and the pain in his bones went away.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

Nothing consistently terrible, just a low-grade fever you notice now and then and few bad days here and there.

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He started out by designing the console for a car-racing game, and then by conceiving the look of the attackers for a knockoff of Space Invaders called Space Fever.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play

Not surprising then, that the Nations Cup train is building such a powerful head of steam that football fever is sure to reach epidemic proportions by Christmas.

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