Ambulance dispatch calls attributable to influenza A and other common respiratory viruses in the Netherlands (2014-2016).
Susana MongeJanneke DuijsterGeert Jan KommerJan van de KassteeleThomas KrafftPaul EngelenJens P ValkJan de WaardJan de NooijAnnelies Riezebos-BrilmanWim van der HoekLiselotte van AstenPublished in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses (2020)
High urgency ambulance dispatches reflect the burden of different respiratory viruses and might be useful to monitor the respiratory season overall. Influenza plays a smaller role than other viruses: RSV is important in children while adenovirus and hMPV are the biggest contributors to emergency calls in the elderly.