A 5-Year Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of Influenza Infection in Transplant Recipients

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Authors

Deepali Kumar · University Health Network

Victor H. Ferreira · University Health Network

Emily A. Blumberg · University of Pennsylvania

Fernanda P. Silveira · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Elisa Cordero · Red Espanola de Investigacion en Patologia Infecciosa

Pilar Pérez‐Romero · Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla

Teresa Aydillo

Abstract

Annual influenza vaccination and early antiviral therapy are associated with a significant reduction in influenza-associated morbidity, and should be emphasized as strategies to improve outcomes of transplant recipients.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 67, Issue 9, pp. 1322-1329

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy294

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