Gastrointestinal manifestations among Chilean patients infected with novel influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus

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Gastrointestinal manifestations among Chilean patients infected with novel influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus

1. A Riquelme1,
2. M ?lvarez-Lobos1,
3. C Pavez1,
4. P Hasbun2,
5. J Dabanch3,
6. C Cofr?4,
7. J Jimenez5,
8. M Calvo6

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Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Instituto de Medicina, Universidad Austral, Chile

1. Correspondence to Dr A Riquelme, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile, Marcoleta 367, Santiago, Chile; arnoldoriquelme{at}gmail.com

Influenza A (H1N1) viruses have been widely found in different species, hence different strains have been demonstrated to infect various species such as birds, pigs and humans. During this year a new influenza virus has recently emerged from a reassortment between triple reassortant swine virus and the Eurasian influenza A swine virus lineage.1 Since the World Health Organisation?s declaration of a new pandemic, the virus has continued to spread to different countries, with a higher number of cases in North and South America, of which Chile has emerged as one of the most affected countries worldwide2 (fig 1).


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