Health and economic burden of influenza-associated illness in South Africa, 2013-2015.
Stefano TempiaJocelyn MoyesAdam L CohenSibongile WalazaIjeoma EdokaMeredith L McMorrowFlorette Kathleen TreurnichtOrienka HellfersceeNicole WolterAnne von GottbergAthermon NguwenezaJohanna M McAnerneyHalima DawoodEbrahim VariavaCheryl CohenPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2019)
The economic burden of influenza-associated illness was substantial from both a government and a societal perspective. Models that limit estimates to those obtained from patients with WHO-defined ILI or SARI substantially underestimated the total economic and health burden of influenza-associated illness.