Mortality amongst patients with influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness, South Africa, 2009-2013.

Data on the burden and risk groups for influenza-associated mortality from Africa are limited. We aimed to estimate the incidence and risk-factors for in-hospital influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) deaths.Hospitalised patients with SARI were enrolled prospectively in four p...

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Main Authors: Cheryl Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia, Michelle Groome, Sibongile Walaza, Marthi Pretorius, Halima Dawood, Meera Chhagan, Summaya Haffejee, Ebrahim Variava, Kathleen Kahn, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Adam L Cohen, Babatyi Malope-Kgokong, Marietjie Venter, Shabir A Madhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4365037?pdf=render