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Master of Public Health

Sensitive diagnostics confirm that influenza C is an uncommon cause of medically attended respiratory illness in adults.

AUTHORS

Nesmith N , Williams JV , Johnson M , Zhu Y , Griffin M , Talbot HK , . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2017 5 25; ().
  • NIHMSID: 9203213

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.

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.

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