Baseline clinical and subclinical characteristics including runny nose, dry rales, moist rales, body temperature (°C), pulse oxymetry (SpO2) (%), pulse and breath (beats/min), influenza viral load and bacterial co-infection measured by real-time qPCR in nasopharyngeal samples, cardiopulmonary X-ray, total white blood cells, CRP were not substantially different between two groups before treatment (p > 0.05) (Table 2). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is influenza.