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Species-specific clinical characteristics of human coronavirus infection among otherwise healthy adolescents and adults

  • Monique Bouvier
  • , Wei Ju Chen
  • , John C. Arnold
  • , Mary P. Fairchok
  • , Patrick J. Danaher
  • , Tahaniyat Lalani
  • , Leslie Malone
  • , Deepika Mor
  • , Michelande Ridoré
  • , Timothy H. Burgess
  • , Eugene V. Millar*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Human coronavirus (HCoV) is a known cause of influenza-like illness (ILI). In a multisite, observational, longitudinal study of ILI among otherwise healthy adolescents and adults, 12% of subjects were PCR-positive for HCoV. The distribution of species was as follows: HCoV-OC43 (34%), HCoV-229E (28%), HCoV-NL63 (22%), and HCoV-HKU1 (16%). We did not observe species-specific differences in the clinical characteristics of HCoV infection, with the exception of HCoV-HKU1, for which the severity of gastrointestinal symptoms trended higher on the fourth day of illness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)299-303
Number of pages5
JournalInfluenza and other Respiratory Viruses
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • clinical characteristics
  • coronavirus
  • influenza-like illness

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