Open Forum Infect Dis . Hospital Associated Respiratory Virus Infection in Children and Adults: It Does Not Just Occur During Cold and Flu Season

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Open Forum Infect Dis


. 2020 May 26;7(6):ofaa200.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa200. eCollection 2020 Jun.
Hospital Associated Respiratory Virus Infection in Children and Adults: It Does Not Just Occur During Cold and Flu Season


Joshua G Petrie ¹ , Adam S Lauring ^{2 3} , Emily T Martin ¹ , Keith S Kaye ³



Affiliations

• PMID: 32617374
• PMCID: PMC7314589
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa200

Abstract

Hospital-associated respiratory virus infections (HARVI) are an underappreciated source of morbidity and mortality. We examined HARVI incidence and clinical respiratory virus testing practices in a cohort of hospitalized patients with acute respiratory illness. HARVI were identified in patients of all ages, both during and outside of the influenza season.

Keywords: diagnostic testing; hospital-associated infection; incidence; infection prevention; respiratory viruses.