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cord-257693-rnchfjbe	Wang, Yeming	Factors Associated With Prolonged Viral Shedding in Patients With Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection	2018-04-10		.txt	text/plain	3987	212	42	Observational studies have reported that prolonged influenza viral shedding in the respiratory tract is associated with severe outcomes of patients with seasonal influenza [10] and that early initiation of antiviral treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) for patients infected with 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus (A[H1N1] pdm09) has a survival benefit [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] . We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study of 478 hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed A(H7N9) infection who were identified during April 2013-March 2017 to assess the impact of different NAI treatment strategies and corticosteroid treatment on the duration of A(H7N9) shedding. In a multivariable model that included available data from 478 patients, the time from illness onset to antiviral treatment (HR, 0.90 [95% CI, .91-.96]) and systemic corticosteroid administration (HR, 0.62 [95% CI, .50-.77]) were independent factors associated with the duration of A(H7N9) RNA shedding (Table 2 and Figure 4 ).	./cache/cord-257693-rnchfjbe.txt	./txt/cord-257693-rnchfjbe.txt