title: Comparing clinical characteristics between hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B virus infection.
abstract: We challenge the notion that influenza B is milder than influenza A by finding similar clinical characteristics between hospitalized adult influenza-cases. Among patients treated with oseltamivir, length of stay and mortality did not differ by type of virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Sandra S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Tiffany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: D'Mello
authors.affiliation: California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland.
authors.forename: Pam D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kirley
authors.affiliation: Connecticut Emerging Infectious Program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yousey-Hindes
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Emory University, and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Monica M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.affiliation: Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing.
authors.forename: Ruta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharangpani
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lynfield
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.affiliation: New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe.
authors.forename: Emily B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.affiliation: Emerging Infections Program, New York State Department of Health, Albany.
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zansky
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Hollick
authors.affiliation: Ohio Department of Health, Columbus.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City.
authors.forename: Christie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McDonald-Hamm
authors.affiliation: Oregon Public Health Division, Portland.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre.
authors.forename: Vickie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Mary Lou
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lindegren
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaffner
authors.affiliation: Salt Lake County Health Department, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price
authors.affiliation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Ananda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Alicia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009981:Influenza B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D053139:Oseltamivir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016019:Survival Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D053139:Oseltamivir
keywords: adult; antiviral treatment; hospitalization; influenza A and B virus infection