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Age- and sex-specific rates per 1000 patient–months of consultations for respiratory tract infections (top) and proportions of consultations with associated antibiotic prescriptions (bottom) for males (left) and females (right) with fitted LOESS curves (solid red line), January 2017 to pandemic period: February to September 2020 (grey).
AB = antibiotic. RTI = respiratory tract infection.
