Differentiating severe and non-severe lower respiratory tract illness in patients hospitalized with influenza: Development of the Influenza Disease Evaluation and Assessment of Severity (IDEAS) scale

<h4>Background</h4> Experimental studies have shown that vaccination can reduce viral replication to attenuate progression of influenza-associated lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI). However, clinical studies are conflicting, possibly due to use of non-specific outcomes reflecting a...

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Main Authors: Eric J. Chow, Mark W. Tenforde, Melissa A. Rolfes, Benjamin Lee, Shreya Chodisetty, Julio A. Ramirez, Alicia M. Fry, Manish M. Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530291/?tool=EBI