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Tobolowsky F, Zambrano L, Sharp T, Beckham J, Alvarado L, Paz-Bailey G. 2792. Association of Body Mass Index with Rates of Hospitalization in Patients with Respiratory Viral Infections—Puerto Rico, 2012–2018. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: s986-s987. PMCID: PMC6809817, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of hospitalizationAcute febrile illnessBody mass indexAdult patientsRespiratory virusesBMI categoriesNormal weightMass indexNormal weight patientsRespiratory viral infectionsSerious public health problemMean lengthRate of hospitalizationRespiratory syncytial virusNormal-weight personsMultivariate Poisson regressionPublic health problemWeight patientsUnderweight patientsFebrile illnessNormal BMIObese patientsMedian ageInfluenza BProspective study