Influenza-like illness in individuals treated with immunosuppressants, biologics, and/or systemic corticosteroids for autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease: A crowdsourced cohort study, France, 2017-2018.

Ségolène GreffeCaroline GuerrisiCécile SoutyAna-Maria VilcuGilles HayemFélicie CostantinoIlaria PadovanoIsabelle BourgaultSalim TradMatthieu PonsoyeEve VilaineMarion DebinClément TurbelinThierry BlanchonThomas Hanslik

Published in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2023)

During a seasonal influenza epidemic period, the incidence of influenza-like illness was higher in patients treated with immunosuppressants, biologics, and/or corticosteroids for an autoimmune or chronic inflammatory disease, compared to the general population.

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