Clinical characterization of influenza A and human respiratory syncytial virus among patients with influenza like illness

Autor: Ankita Pandey, Sushma Singh, Dharamveer Singh, Piyali Bhattacharya, T.N. Dhole, Naveen Km Srivastava, Reema Kumari, Ramawadh Singh Kushwaha, Amreen Zia, Jyoti Umrao, Swati Saxena
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Virology. 89:49-54
ISSN: 0146-6615
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24607
Popis: Influenza A and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) has been recognized as a major cause of acute respiratory tract infection. H1N1 is one of the subtypes of influenza A, pandemic worldwide in July 2009, causing 18,449 deaths globally. To investigate the prevalence and clinical manifestation of the influenza A, H1N1pdm09, and RSV. Throat/nasal swab collected from the patients of all age group either outpatients/inpatients having respiratory illness from 2 to 5 days. The clinical data were recorded in a predesigned questionnaire. RNA was extracted and analyzed by real time PCR at a tertiary care center, 2009-2014. Total 4,352 samples tested for influenza A and H1N1. Out of 4,352, 32.2% (median positivity 21%; range 16-41% during 6 years) were positive for influenza A and 19% were H1N1 (median positivity 16.7%; range 8.7-23% during 6 years). Total 1653 samples were analyzed for RSV from 2011 to 2014, 12% were RSV positive (median positivity 11.35%; range 10-16.3% during 4 years). Pharyngitis, dyspnea were frequent symptoms in influenza A and H1N1 (P
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