Acute Viral Respiratory Infections in Elderly

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Conditions studied: Respiratory Infections, Acute

In brief

This study is designed to assess the causes and impact of acute respiratory illness (common colds, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia) in adults age 65 and older. One of the ways to determine the virus causing a particular illness is to get a blood specimen when a person is sick and again later and look for the body's specific responses that identify the virus. Approximately 3000 subjects will be evaluated and their medical records assessed for details of recent illness and general health to help in understanding the subjects' current illness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00170495

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

3000

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-08-27

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 65 years of age or older
• Presentation to the geriatric clinic with an acute respiratory illness of less than 7 days' duration.

You may not qualify if…

• Presentation to the geriatric clinic with a history of a respiratory illness of greater than 7 days' duration.
• Physician/physician assistant judgment that the respiratory complaints do not represent an acute infection.
• Patient declines to permit specimen collection.

Where it is running

• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States

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