TY - JOUR AU - Navascués, Ana AU - Casado, Itziar AU - Pérez-García, Alejandra AU - Aguinaga, Aitziber AU - Martínez-Baz, Iván AU - Floristán, Yugo AU - Ezpeleta, Carmen AU - Castilla, Jesús T1 - Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Deceased Persons, Spain, 2017 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 7 SP - 1331 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During the 2016–17 influenza season in Spain, we tested specimens from 57 elderly deceased persons for respiratory viruses. Influenza viruses were detected in 18% of the specimens and any respiratory virus in 47%. Only 7% of participants had received a diagnosis of infection with the detected virus before death. KW - Influenza KW - respiratory virus KW - respiratory syncytial virus KW - coronavirus KW - mortality KW - cause of death KW - viruses KW - Spain KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid2407.180162 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/7/18-0162_article ER - End of Reference