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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

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Severe Respiratory Illness and Death Associated with Outbreak of Human Rhinovirus B14 among Older Adults, France, 2024

Julien Andreani, Céline Boschi, Anne Decoppet, Jeremy Delerce, Gwilherm Penant, Aylin Karadeniz, Clio Grimaldier, Priscilla Jardot, Laure Zangoli, Maud Mandy, Nicole Vigroux, Florent Polesso, Sophie Edouard, Philippe Cano, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Bernard La ScolaComments to Author , and Philippe ColsonComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France (J. Andreani, C. Boschi, J. Delerce, G. Penant, A. Karadeniz, C. Grimaldier, P. Jardot, S. Edouard, J.-C. Lagier, B. La Scola, P. Colson); Aix-Marseille University, Marseille (J. Andreani, C. Boschi, J. Delerce, S. Edouard, J.-C. Lagier, B. La Scola, P. Colson); Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille (J. Andreani, C. Boschi, G. Penant, A. Karadeniz, C. Grimaldier, P. Jardot, J.-C. Lagier, B. La Scola, P. Colson); Agence Régionale de la Santé Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille (A. Decoppet, P. Cano); Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Brignoles–Le Luc, Brignoles, France (L. Zangoli, M. Mandy, F. Polesso); Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale Eurofins, Garéoult, France (N. Vigroux)

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Figure 1

Timeline of severe respiratory illness and death associated with outbreak of HRV-B14 among older adults, France, 2024. Each row represents 1 case and starts on the day of symptom onset, on the basis of retrospectively collected information. Crosses indicate timeline for death. Purple squares indicate HRV RNA–positive samples. The green vertical dotted line indicates transfer of clinical samples to the Marseille laboratory for more extensive diagnosis and metagenomic analyses. Patient 9 had 2 additional HRV-positive postmortem samples (data not shown). No tests were performed for cases P15–P18. No nasopharyngeal swab sample was available for P2. HRV, human rhinovirus.

Figure 1. Timeline of severe respiratory illness and death associated with outbreak of HRV-B14 among older adults, France, 2024. Each row represents 1 case and starts on the day of symptom onset, on the basis of retrospectively collected information. Crosses indicate timeline for death. Purple squares indicate HRV RNA–positive samples. The green vertical dotted line indicates transfer of clinical samples to the Marseille laboratory for more extensive diagnosis and metagenomic analyses. Patient 9 had 2 additional HRV-positive postmortem samples (data not shown). No tests were performed for cases P15–P18. No nasopharyngeal swab sample was available for P2. HRV, human rhinovirus.

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