Viral Loads and Duration of Viral Shedding in Adult Patients Hospitalized with Influenza

Abstract

Patients hospitalized with severe influenza have more active and prolonged viral replication. Weakened host defenses slow viral clearance, whereas antivirals started within the first 4 days of illness enhance viral clearance.

Keywords

Viral loadConfidence intervalViral sheddingMedicineOdds ratioInternal medicineOseltamivirVirusLogistic regressionReverse transcriptaseRNAImmunologyGastroenterologyVirologyBiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MeSH Terms

AgedAgingAntiviral AgentsHospitalizationHumansInfluenza A VirusH3N2 SubtypeInfluenzaHumanMaleMiddle AgedOseltamivirProspective StudiesTime FactorsViral LoadVirus Shedding

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 200
Issue: 4
Pages: 492-500
Citations: 511
Access: Closed

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                                    Nelson Lee, 
                                
                                    Paul K.S. Chan, 
                                
                                    David S.C. Hui
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            Viral Loads and Duration of Viral Shedding in Adult Patients Hospitalized with Influenza. 
                            The Journal of Infectious Diseases
                            , 200
                            (4)
                            , 492-500.
                            https://doi.org/10.1086/600383
                        

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DOI: 10.1086/600383
PMID: 19591575
PMCID: PMC7110250

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