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Concurrent influenza virus infection and tuberculosis in patients hospitalized with respiratory illness in Thailand

  1. Serena Roth1,
  2. Sara Whitehead1,2,
  3. Somsak Thamthitiwat1,
  4. Malinee Chittaganpitch3,
  5. Susan A. Maloney1,4,
  6. Henry C. Baggett1,4,
  7. Sonja J. Olsen1,5

Article first published online: 21 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00413.x

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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Volume 7, Issue 3, pages 244–248, May 2013

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Roth, S., Whitehead, S., Thamthitiwat, S., Chittaganpitch, M., Maloney, S. A., Baggett, H. C. and Olsen, S. J. (2013), Concurrent influenza virus infection and tuberculosis in patients hospitalized with respiratory illness in Thailand. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7: 244–248. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00413.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Thailand MOPH – U.S. CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

  2. 2

    Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

  3. 3

    National Institute of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

  4. 4

    Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

  5. 5

    Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

*Sonja J. Olsen, CDC Box 68, American Embassy, APO AP 96546, USA. E-mail: sco2@cdc.gov

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 APR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 21 JUL 2012
  3. Accepted 16 June 2012. Published Online 21 July 2012.

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Keywords:

  • Influenza;
  • pneumonia;
  • respiratory diseases;
  • surveillance;
  • Thailand;
  • tuberculosis

Thailand, where influenza viruses circulate year-round, is one of 22 WHO-designated high-burden countries for tuberculosis (TB). Surveillance for hospitalized respiratory illness between 2003 and 2011 revealed 23 (<1% of 7180 tested) with concurrent influenza and TB. Only two persons were previously known to have TB suggesting that acute respiratory illness may bring patients to medical attention and lead to TB diagnosis. Influenza/TB was not associated with higher disease severity or mortality.

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