Detection of Influenza C Viruses Among Outpatients and Patients Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Minnesota, 2013-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing literature suggests that influenza C typically causes mild respiratory tract disease. However, clinical and epidemiological data are limited.

Methods

Four outpatient clinics and 3 hospitals submitted clinical data and respiratory specimens through a surveillance network for acute respiratory infection (ARI) from May 2013 through December 2016. Specimens were tested using multitarget nucleic acid amplification for 19-22 respiratory pathogens, including influenza C.

Results

Influenza C virus was detected among 59 of 10 202 (0.58%) hospitalized severe ARI cases and 11 of 2282 (0.48%) outpatients. Most detections occurred from December to March, 73% during the 2014-2015 season. Influenza C detections occurred among patients of all ages, with rates bein

SUBMITTER: Thielen BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862734 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature