Influenza pneumonia surveillance among hospitalized adults may underestimate the burden of severe influenza disease.

Studies seeking to estimate the burden of influenza among hospitalized adults often use case definitions that require presence of pneumonia. The goal of this study was to assess the extent to which restricting influenza testing to adults hospitalized with pneumonia could underestimate the total burd...

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Main Authors: Justin R Ortiz, Kathleen M Neuzil, Colin R Cooke, Moni B Neradilek, Christopher H Goss, David K Shay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4244176?pdf=render