Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Deceased Persons, Spain, 2017.

ABSTRACT: During the 2016-17 influenza season in Spain, we tested specimens from 57 elderly deceased persons for respiratory viruses. Influenza viruses were detected in 18% of the specimens and any respiratory virus in 47%. Only 7% of participants had received a diagnosis of infection with the detected virus before death.

SUBMITTER: Navascues A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6038767 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature