Healthcare seeking behavior of patients with influenza like illness: comparison of the summer and winter influenza epidemics

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BACKGROUND Influenza often causes winter and summer epidemics in subtropical regions, but few studies have investigated the difference in healthcare seeking behavior of patients with influenza-like illness (ILI) between these two epidemics. METHODS Household telephone surveys were conducted using random digit dialing in Hong Kong during July-August 2014… (More)

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1821-7

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