Household presentation of influenza and acute respiratory illnesses to a primary care sentinel network: retrospective database studies (2013-2018)

• Main Authors: Simon de Lusignan (Author), Julian Sherlock (Author), Oluwafunmi Akinyemi (Author), Richard Pebody (Author), Alex Elliot (Author), Rachel Byford (Author), Ivelina Yonova (Author), Maria Zambon (Author), Mark Joy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Direct observation of the household spread of influenza and respiratory infections is limited; much of our understanding comes from mathematical models. The study aims to determine household incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI), lower (LRTI) and upper (URTI) respiratory infe...