Cohort study compares mortality risk and clinical features of RSV and influenza in hospitalized patients, suggesting increased awareness is needed for RSV.
RSV and influenza are mostly clinically indistinguishable on admission, but fever is more frequent in influenza patients. RSV is associated with high utilisation of health care resources and a mortality risk comparable to influenza, highlighting the need for increased awareness and knowledge of RSV.
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