The national burden of influenza-like illness and severe respiratory illness overall and associated with nine respiratory viruses in South Africa, 2013-2015.
Stefano TempiaJocelyn MoyesAdam L CohenSibongile WalazaMeredith L McMorrowFlorette Kathleen TreurnichtOrienka HellfersceeNicole WolterAnne von GottbergHalima DawoodEbrahim VariavaCheryl CohenPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2022)
There was a substantial burden of ILI and SRI in South Africa during 2013-2015. Rhinovirus and influenza had a prominent disease burden among patients with ILI. RSV and influenza were the most prominent causes of SRI in children and the elderly, respectively.