Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Deceased Persons, Spain, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Navascués, Ana ; Casado, Itziar ; Pérez-García, Alejandra ; Aguinaga, Aitziber ; Martínez-Baz, Iván ; Floristán, Yugo ; Ezpeleta, Carmen ; Castilla, Jesús
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Aged Aged, 80 And Over Autopsy Female History, 21St Century Humans Male Population Surveillance Respiratory Tract Infections/Epidemiology Respiratory Tract Infections/History Respiratory Tract Infections/Mortality Respiratory Tract Infections/Virology Virus Diseases/Epidemiology Virus Diseases/History Virus Diseases/Mortality Virus Diseases/Virology

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(7):1331-1334.
• Pubmed ID:
  29912695
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6038767
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:09b3fe709ed1d461f3495b8bb78f4a060acf4a2ef4d8e712f99bb7c1ed7408d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56957/cdc_56957_DS1.pdf
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