Effect of antipyretics on performance of influenza surveillance in Ghana

Joseph Asamoah Frimpong; William Kwabena Ampofo; Kofi Mensah Nyarko; Jazmin Duque; James Aboagye; Kwadwo Koram; Marc-Alain Widdowson

doi:10.1111/irv.13068

Effect of antipyretics on performance of influenza surveillance in Ghana

Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, William Kwabena Ampofo, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Jazmin Duque, James Aboagye, Kwadwo Koram, Marc-Alain Widdowson

Institute of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

Background The World Health Organization's case definition for influenza-like illness (ILI) includes a measured temperature of >= 38 degrees C. We conducted this study to assess the effect of antipyretics on performance of ILI surveillance in Ghana. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in two districts of Ghana from September 2013 to May 2014. We collected epidemiological data and respiratory specimens from an expanded ILI case definition, which included patients presenting to health facilities with measured temperature >= 38 degrees C or reported fever (but afebrile at the time of evaluation), and cough, with onset in the last 10 days. Specimens were tested for influenza viruses by real time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Results Of 321 participants who met our expanded ILI case definition, 236 presented with temperature of

Original language	English
Article number	e13068
Journal	Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
Volume	17
Issue number	1
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1750-2640
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.13068
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2022

Keywords

case definition
fever
influenza
HOSPITALIZED-PATIENTS
CASE DEFINITIONS
FEVER
AFRICA

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Effect of antipyretics on performance of influenza surveillance in Ghana. / Frimpong, Joseph Asamoah; Ampofo, William Kwabena; Nyarko, Kofi Mensah; Duque, Jazmin; Aboagye, James; Koram, Kwadwo; Widdowson, Marc-Alain.

In: Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Vol. 17, No. 1, e13068, 2022.

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