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Volume 25, Number 7—July 2019
Dispatch

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Homeless Populations, Washington, USA

Jim Boonyaratanakornkit1Comments to Author , Seda Ekici1, Amalia Magaret, Kathryn Gustafson, Emily Scott, Micaela Haglund, Jane Kuypers, Ronald Pergamit, John Lynch, and Helen Y. Chu
Author affiliations: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (J. Boonyaratanakornkit, S. Ekici, A. Magaret, K. Gustafson, E. Scott, M. Haglund, J. Kuypers, J. Lynch, H.Y. Chu); Harborview Medical Center, Seattle (J. Boonyaratanakornkit, R. Pergamit)

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Figure 1

Detection of influenza and RSV in adults hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA, July 2012–June 2017. White bars below the x-axis indicate RSV seasons; asterisks indicates week when cases of RSV infection peaked, on the basis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance data in region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon) (7,8) during 2012–2017. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.

Figure 1. Detection of influenza and RSV in adults hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA, July 2012–June 2017. White bars below the x-axis indicate RSV seasons; asterisks indicate weeks when cases of RSV infection peaked, on the basis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance data in region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon) (7,8) during 2012–2017. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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