TY - JOUR AU - Boonyaratanakornkit, Jim AU - Ekici, Seda AU - Magaret, Amalia AU - Gustafson, Kathryn AU - Scott, Emily AU - Haglund, Micaela AU - Kuypers, Jane AU - Pergamit, Ronald AU - Lynch, John AU - Chu, Helen T1 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Homeless Populations, Washington, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 7 SP - 1408 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Homelessness has not previously been identified as a risk factor for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. We conducted an observational study at an urban safety-net hospital in Washington, USA, during 2012–2017. Hospitalized adults with RSV were more likely to be homeless, and several clinical outcome measures were worse with RSV than with influenza. KW - respiratory syncytial virus KW - RSV KW - viruses KW - infection KW - respiratory infection KW - influenza virus KW - influenza KW - homelessness KW - homeless persons KW - homeless population KW - Washington KW - United States KW - homeless populations KW - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease KW - COPD KW - asthma KW - drug use DO - 10.3201/eid2507.181261 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/7/18-1261_article ER - End of Reference