Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Versus Influenza in Hospitalized Adult Patients in the United States: Differences in Demographic and Severity Indicators.

H Keipp TalbotEmily T MartinManjusha GaglaniDonald B MiddletonShekhar GhamandeFernanda P SilveiraKempapura MurthyRichard K ZimmermanChristopher H TrabueSamantha M OlsonJoshua G PetrieJill M FerdinandsManish M PatelArnold S Montonull null

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

While COVID-19 can cause a respiratory illness like influenza, it is associated with significantly greater severity of illness, longer hospital stays, and higher in-hospital deaths.

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