Influenza and other respiratory viruses
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Influenza Other Respi Viruses · Jan 2012
Multiple versus single virus respiratory infections: viral load and clinical disease severity in hospitalized children.
Molecular testing for viral pathogens has resulted in increasing detection of multiple viruses in respiratory secretions of ill children. The clinical impact of multiple virus infections on clinical presentation and outcome is unclear. ⋯ Illnesses with multiple virus detections were correlated with less severe disease. The relationship between viral load and multiple virus infections was virus specific, and this may serve as a way to differentiate viruses in multiple virus infections.