Epidemiological comparison of emergency department presentations with seasonal influenza or COVID-19 and an outcome of intensive care admission or death: A population-based records linkage study in New South Wales, Australia
The Omicron variant arrived when background population COVID-19 vaccination coverage was >90%. Despite that, death was more frequent for COVID-19 than influenza.
Authors
- Kishor Kumar Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-3571)
- Roberto Forero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-6590)
- Michael Dinh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-455X)
- Mohammed Mohsin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2483-3798)
- Amalie Dyda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-4834)
- Adam T. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9287-8755)
- David Muscatello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-4396)
- Sandra Ware (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2281-5478)
- Nectarios Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-9967)
Institutions
- NSW Ambulance (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection
- Published
- 2024-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2024.106307
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.32
Funders
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Centre for Health Record Linkage
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council