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Epidemiology section: inaccurately cited stats about likelihood of influenza given cough or sore throat

Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The second paragraph of the Epidemiology section begins with an inaccurate statement: "During seasonal epidemics, it is estimated that about 80% of otherwise healthy people who have a cough or sore throat have the flu."

But the provided source for this statement clearly states that fever along with either cough or sore throat is associated with influenza 80% of the time. Here is what the source says:

"During seasonal influenza epidemics, diagnosis on the basis of clinical presentation has reasonable accuracy in previously healthy young and middle-aged adults, in whom the presence of fever with either cough or sore throat is associated with influenza virus infection in ~80% of patients."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7097467/ ~2026-54781-7 (talk) 00:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

True! The source refers back to an earlier study which seems well founded. I'll fix it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11088084/

Bob (talk) 09:57, 26 January 2026 (UTC)Reply