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Table 3 Individual results for 16 ILI symptoms

From: Cross-sectional telephone surveys as a tool to study epidemiological factors and monitor seasonal influenza activity in Malta

 

n = 406

Survey 1%

n = 406

Survey 2%

Symptoms

Runny or blocked nose

250

61.6%

237

58.4%

Headache

246

60.6%

227

55.9%

Sore throat

221

54.4%

205

50.5%

Cough

203

50.0%

198

48.8%

Sneezing

186

45.8%

222

54.7%

Feeling tired or exhausted

167

41.1%

125

30.8%

Muscle/joint pain

141

34.7%

140

34.5%

Fever

116

28.6%

103

25.4%

Loss of appetite

91

22.4%

47

11.6%

Watery eyes

86

21.2%

106

26.1%

Diarrhoea

73

18.0%

65

16.0%

Shortness of breath

68

16.7%

63

15.5%

Stomach ache

61

15.0%

49

12.1%

Nausea

54

13.3%

37

9.1%

Chest pain

47

11.6%

49

12.1%

Vomiting

28

6.9%

16

3.9%

  1. The above results are sorted in descending order to elicit the most common symptoms amongst the participants from both surveys. Respondents were asked to reply for each symptom