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Comparison of asymptomatic and symptomatic rhinovirus infections in university students: incidence, species diversity, and viral load.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2015
Granados Andrea, Goodall Emma C, Luinstra Kathy, Smieja Marek, Mahony James
Abstract excerpt
Human rhinovirus (HRV) infections are common but poorly characterized in university students. Thus, we characterized asymptomatic and symptomatic HRV infections by incidence, species diversity, and viral load of 502 university students during September and October of 2010 and 2011 from nasal swabs and electronically submitted symptom questionnaires. We tested all symptomatic students and randomly sampled...
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