Morbidity profiles of patients consulting during influenza and respiratory syncytial virus active periods
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- 12 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 135 (7), 1099-1108
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268807007881
Abstract
SUMMARYWe compared the burden of illness due to a spectrum of respiratory diagnostic categories among persons presenting in a sentinel general practice network in England and Wales during periods of influenza and of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity. During all periods of viral activity, incidence rates of influenza-like illness, bronchitis and common cold were elevated compared to those in baseline periods. Excess rates per 100 000 of acute bronchitis were greater in children agedKeywords
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