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Editor, Senior Moderator
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2012 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print]
Infection by rhinovirus: Similarity of clinical signs included in the case definition of influenza IAn/H1N1.
de O?a Navarro M, Mel?n Garc?a S, Alvarez-Arg?elles M, Fern?ndez-Verdugo A, Boga Riveiro JA.
Source
Servicio de Microbiolog?a, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Consejer?a de Sanidad y Servicios Sanitarios de Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Although new influenza virus (IAn/H1N1) infections are mild and indistinguishable from any other seasonal influenza virus infections, there are few data on comparisons of the clinical features of infection with (IAn/H1N1) and with other respiratory viruses. The incidence, clinical aspects and temporal distribution of those respiratory viruses circulating during flu pandemic period were studied.
METHODS:
Respiratory samples from patients with acute influenza-like symptoms were collected from May 2009 to December 2009. Respiratory viruses were detected by conventional culture methods and genome amplification techniques.
RESULTS:
Although IAn/H1N1 was the virus most frequently detected, several other respiratory viruses co-circulated with IAn/H1N1 during the pandemic period, especially rhinovirus. The similarity between clinical signs included in the clinical case definition for influenza and those caused by other respiratory viruses, particularly rhinovirus, suggest that a high percentage of viral infections were clinically diagnosed as case of influenza.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our study offers useful information to face future pandemics caused by influenza virus, indicating that differential diagnoses are required in order to not overestimate the importance of the pandemic.
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Espa?a, S.L. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22341748
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341748
Infection by rhinovirus: Similarity of clinical signs included in the case definition of influenza IAn/H1N1.
de O?a Navarro M, Mel?n Garc?a S, Alvarez-Arg?elles M, Fern?ndez-Verdugo A, Boga Riveiro JA.
Source
Servicio de Microbiolog?a, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Consejer?a de Sanidad y Servicios Sanitarios de Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Although new influenza virus (IAn/H1N1) infections are mild and indistinguishable from any other seasonal influenza virus infections, there are few data on comparisons of the clinical features of infection with (IAn/H1N1) and with other respiratory viruses. The incidence, clinical aspects and temporal distribution of those respiratory viruses circulating during flu pandemic period were studied.
METHODS:
Respiratory samples from patients with acute influenza-like symptoms were collected from May 2009 to December 2009. Respiratory viruses were detected by conventional culture methods and genome amplification techniques.
RESULTS:
Although IAn/H1N1 was the virus most frequently detected, several other respiratory viruses co-circulated with IAn/H1N1 during the pandemic period, especially rhinovirus. The similarity between clinical signs included in the clinical case definition for influenza and those caused by other respiratory viruses, particularly rhinovirus, suggest that a high percentage of viral infections were clinically diagnosed as case of influenza.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our study offers useful information to face future pandemics caused by influenza virus, indicating that differential diagnoses are required in order to not overestimate the importance of the pandemic.
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Espa?a, S.L. All rights reserved.
PMID:
22341748
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341748