The "timeless" use of influenza-like illness criteria for influenza detection in the tropics

• Main Authors: Aung, Aung H., Lye, David C., Cui, Lin, Ooi, Chee K., Chow, Angela Li Ping
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Influenza-Like Illness; Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153869
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Objective: We assessed the performance of influenza-like illness (ILI) case definitions by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization (WHO) in the tropics where seasonal patterns of respiratory viruses in ac...