A comparative study between the incidence and epidemiological features of Influenza-Like Illness and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Italian epicenter (Lombardy)

• Main Authors: Francesca Grosso (Author), Ambra Castrofino (Author), Gabriele Del Castillo (Author), Cristina Galli (Author), Sandro Binda (Author), Laura Pellegrinelli (Author), Laura Bubba (Author), Danilo Cereda (Author), Marcello Tirani (Author), Maria Gramegna (Author), Antonino Bella (Author), Silvana Castaldi (Author), Elena Pariani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In Lombardy, the influenza surveillance system relies on sentinel physicians that weekly report data on the number of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and a part of them also collect nasopharyngeal samples for virologic analyses. This study aims at comparing the ILI incidence of 2019-2020...