Factors Associated With Prolonged Viral Shedding in Patients With Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection

201895 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Yeming Wang · Capital Medical University

Qiang Guo · First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Zheng Yan · Wuxi People's Hospital

Daming Zhou · Taizhou People's Hospital

Wei Zhang · Nanchang University

Shujun Zhou · Soochow University

Yuping Li ·

Abstract

Corticosteroid therapy and delayed NAI treatment were associated with prolonged A(H7N9) RNA shedding. NAI combination therapy and double-dose oseltamivir treatment were not associated with a reduced A(H7N9) shedding duration as compared to standard-dose oseltamivir.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Respiratory viral infections research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volume 217, Issue 11, pp. 1708-1717

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy115

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 11.05