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Acute viral infections of upper respiratory tract in elderly people living in the community
— comparative, prospective, population based study of disease burden | | Author(s) | Karl G Nicholson, Julie Kent, Victoria Hammersley |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 315, no 7115, 25 October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1060-1064 (BMJ Aging issue) |
| Keywords | Respiratory tract diseases ; Influenza ; Living in the community ; Clinical surveys ; Leicestershire. |
| Annotation | This study was carried out among people aged 60 years and older during the winters of 1992-3 and 1993-4 in Leicestershire. The median interval between onset of illness and medical consultation was three days for influenza and five days for other infections. Respiratory viruses cause substantial morbidity in elderly people. Although respiratory syncytial virus and influenza cause considerable individual morbidity, the burden of disease from rhinovirus infections and infections of unknown aetiology seems greater overall. The interval between onset of illness and consultation together with diagnostic difficulties raises concern regarding the role of antiviral drugs in treating influenza. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971118413 A |
| Classmark | CN: CJM: K4: 3G: 8LE * |
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