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PLoS One. 2015 Oct 20;10(10):e0140890. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140890. eCollection 2015.
[h=1]Influenza Illness among Case-Patients Hospitalized for Suspected Dengue, El Salvador, 2012.[/h] Chacon R[SUP]1[/SUP], Clara AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Jara J[SUP]1[/SUP], Armero J[SUP]3[/SUP], Lozano C[SUP]4[/SUP], El Omeiri N[SUP]5[/SUP], Widdowson MA[SUP]6[/SUP], Azziz-Baumgartner E[SUP]6[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We estimate the proportion of patients hospitalized for suspected dengue that tested positive for influenza virus in El Salvador during the 2012 influenza season. We tested specimens from 321 hospitalized patients: 198 patients with SARI and 123 patients with suspected dengue. Among 121 hospitalized suspected dengue (two co-infected excluded) patients, 28% tested positive for dengue and 19% positive for influenza; among 35 with suspected dengue and respiratory symptoms, 14% were positive for dengue and 39% positive for influenza. One percent presented co-infection between influenza and dengue. Clinicians should consider the diagnosis of influenza among patients with suspected dengue during the influenza season.
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[h=1]Influenza Illness among Case-Patients Hospitalized for Suspected Dengue, El Salvador, 2012.[/h] Chacon R[SUP]1[/SUP], Clara AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Jara J[SUP]1[/SUP], Armero J[SUP]3[/SUP], Lozano C[SUP]4[/SUP], El Omeiri N[SUP]5[/SUP], Widdowson MA[SUP]6[/SUP], Azziz-Baumgartner E[SUP]6[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We estimate the proportion of patients hospitalized for suspected dengue that tested positive for influenza virus in El Salvador during the 2012 influenza season. We tested specimens from 321 hospitalized patients: 198 patients with SARI and 123 patients with suspected dengue. Among 121 hospitalized suspected dengue (two co-infected excluded) patients, 28% tested positive for dengue and 19% positive for influenza; among 35 with suspected dengue and respiratory symptoms, 14% were positive for dengue and 39% positive for influenza. One percent presented co-infection between influenza and dengue. Clinicians should consider the diagnosis of influenza among patients with suspected dengue during the influenza season.
PMID: 26485296 [PubMed - in process] Free full text