Impact of respiratory infections by influenza viruses A and B in pediatrics patients from Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Braz. j. infect. dis
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11(2): 220-223, Apr. 2007. tab
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ABSTRACT
The objective of the present study was to determine the impact of influenza virus on pediatric hospitalized patients. We retrospectively reviewed records of children with laboratory diagnoses, by cell culture and/or indirect immunofluorescence assay, of influenza virus seen in a period of 6 years. A total of 1,033 samples were analyzed, 45 (4.3 percent) of them being reactive to influenza virus. Thirty-one samples were positive to influenza A virus and 14 to influenza B. The frequency of hospitalization in intensive care and medical emergency was found to be high. Three (8.6 percent) patients died, two of them due to respiratory failure. Low frequency of influenza virus infection was observed in the study. The data suggest the need of more efficient epidemiological surveillance measures in order to obtain reliable information to better assess the impact of the virus on our region and determine the need of preventive measures, such as immunization.
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Main subject:
Alphainfluenzavirus
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Betainfluenzavirus
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Influenza, Human
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Clinical Hospital/BR
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Federal University of Paraná/BR
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