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; ().
- PMID: 28541414 [PubMed].
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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