Excess hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Italy: a 11-year retrospective study

Abstract Background Influenza and flu-like syndromes are difficult to monitor because the symptoms are not specific, laboratory tests are not routinely performed, and diagnosis codes are often lacking or incompletely registered in medical records. This may result in an underestimation of hospital ad...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Fattore, Benedetta Pongiglione, Luigi Vezzosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09071-z