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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Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-02-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09071-z |