Open AccessObesity Is Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Influenza A (H1N1pdm) but Not H3N2 Infection
Author(s) -
Hannah E. Maier,
Guillermina Kuan,
Lionel Gresh,
Roger López,
Nery Sánchez,
Amy Schiller,
Sergio Ojeda,
Eva Harris,
Ángel Balmaseda,
Aubree Gordon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa928
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , odds ratio , body mass index , confidence interval , logistic regression , demography , sociology
Obesity has been shown to increase the risk of severe outcomes and death for influenza virus infections. However, we do not understand the influence of obesity on susceptibility to infection or on nonsevere influenza outcomes.