The Increased Risk for Postinfluenza Pneumonia Among Cystic Fibrosis Carriers—A Population-Based Study
Because 2%-11% of the population acquires influenza each year, and because there are >10-15 million CF carriers in the United States alone, a substantial number of cases of secondary pneumonia may be attributable to the CF carrier state.
Authors
- D Erik Boonstra
- David A. Stoltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-9015)
- Philip M. Polgreen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-5898)
- Joseph Cavanaugh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0514-7664)
- Mahmoud H. Abou Alaiwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-0217)
- Aaron C. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6828-8966)
- Douglas B. Hornick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4545-8456)
- Alejandro P. Comellas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-7520)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Iowa Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf642
- Primary Topic
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Pfizer
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences