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Clin Infect Dis. 2017 May 25. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix471. [Epub ahead of print]
Sensitive diagnostics confirm that influenza C is an uncommon cause of medically attended respiratory illness in adults.
Nesmith N1, Williams JV2, Johnson M2, Zhu Y1, Griffin M1,3, Talbot HK1.
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Abstract
Among 4200 adults who presented with acute respiratory symptoms at a variety of medical practice settings (November 2006 through May 2012), only 13 (0.3%) nasal/throat swabs were positive for influenza C. Influenza C was rarely associated with medical care visits in adults.
? The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
KEYWORDS:
Adults; Influenza C; RT-PCR
PMID: 28541414 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix471
Sensitive diagnostics confirm that influenza C is an uncommon cause of medically attended respiratory illness in adults.
Nesmith N1, Williams JV2, Johnson M2, Zhu Y1, Griffin M1,3, Talbot HK1.
Author information
Abstract
Among 4200 adults who presented with acute respiratory symptoms at a variety of medical practice settings (November 2006 through May 2012), only 13 (0.3%) nasal/throat swabs were positive for influenza C. Influenza C was rarely associated with medical care visits in adults.
? The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
KEYWORDS:
Adults; Influenza C; RT-PCR
PMID: 28541414 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix471