Detection of Influenza C Virus Infection among Hospitalized Patients, Cameroon

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Mar;25(3):607-609. doi: 10.3201/eid2503.181213.

Abstract

We report 3 cases of influenza C virus in children hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infection in Cameroon. Two of these case-patients had grave clinical manifestations, but all 3 recovered. The lack of specific antiviral drugs for influenza C virus highlights the need to identify and describe cases involving this virus.

Keywords: Cameroon; Influenza C; hospitalized patients; influenza; virus; viruses.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cameroon / epidemiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Gammainfluenzavirus / classification
  • Gammainfluenzavirus / genetics*
  • Genes, Viral
  • Genome, Viral
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Population Surveillance