Detection of Influenza C Virus Infection among Hospitalized Patients, Cameroon

We report 3 cases of influenza C virus in children hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infection in Cameroon. Two of these case-patients had grave clinical manifestations, but all 3 recovered. The lack of specific antiviral drugs for influenza C virus highlights the need to identify and descr...

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Autores principales: Njouom, Richard, Monamele, Gwladys Chavely, Ermetal, Burcu, Tchatchouang, Serge, Moyo-Tetang, Sylvie, McCauley, John W., Daniels, Rodney S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30789339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181213
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author Njouom, Richard
Monamele, Gwladys Chavely
Ermetal, Burcu
Tchatchouang, Serge
Moyo-Tetang, Sylvie
McCauley, John W.
Daniels, Rodney S.
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spelling pubmed-63907562019-03-06 Detection of Influenza C Virus Infection among Hospitalized Patients, Cameroon Njouom, Richard Monamele, Gwladys Chavely Ermetal, Burcu Tchatchouang, Serge Moyo-Tetang, Sylvie McCauley, John W. Daniels, Rodney S. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report 3 cases of influenza C virus in children hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infection in Cameroon. Two of these case-patients had grave clinical manifestations, but all 3 recovered. The lack of specific antiviral drugs for influenza C virus highlights the need to identify and describe cases involving this virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6390756/ /pubmed/30789339 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181213 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Daniels, Rodney S.
Detection of Influenza C Virus Infection among Hospitalized Patients, Cameroon
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title_short Detection of Influenza C Virus Infection among Hospitalized Patients, Cameroon
title_sort detection of influenza c virus infection among hospitalized patients, cameroon
topic Research Letter
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