Influenza and rhinovirus viral load and disease severity in upper respiratory tract infections

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-19

  Granados, Andrea ^a,b   Peci, Adriana ^a   McGeer, Allison ^b,c   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^a,b,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Influenza A; Influenza B; Rhinovirus; RT qPCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; AGE; COMMON COLD; COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; ONTARIO; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; ONTARIO; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SEX FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84997815867     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.11.008     Document Type: Article

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