Influenza Illness among Case-Patients Hospitalized for Suspected Dengue, El Salvador, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  PLoS One
• Personal Author:
  Chacon, Rafael ; Clara, Alexey Wilfrido ; Jara, Jorge ; Armero, Julio ; Lozano, Celina ; El Omeiri, Nathalie ; Widdowson, Marc-Alain ; Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Research Article
• Source:
  PLoS One. 10(10).
• Pubmed ID:
  26485296
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4618691
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e8cd4c01ffcc40f4ca8c99babab2a0d80203c09a3b71e743fe1feab0140bcb83
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35512/cdc_35512_DS1.pdf
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