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Introducción Aunque los síntomas clínicos causados por el virus de la gripe nueva (IAn/H1N1) son leves e indistinguibles de los causados por los virus de la gripe estacionales, existen pocos datos que comparenlas características clínicas de la infección por IAn/H1N1 con las de otros virus respiratorios. Por ello, se estudiaron la incidencia, los aspectos clínicos y la distribución temporal de los virus respiratorios circulantes durante el período de la pandemia gripal.
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Se recogieron muestras respiratorias de pacientes con síntomas de gripe desde mayo de 2009 a diciembre de 2009. Diferentes virus respiratorios fueron detectados mediante métodos convencionales de cultivo y técnicas de (..) (AU)
Introduction Although new influenza virus (IAn/H1N1) infections are mild and indistinguishable from any other seasonal influenza virusinfections, 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 culturemethods 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 facefuturepandemics caused by influenza virus, indicating that differential diagnoses are required in order to not overestimate the importance of the pandemic (AU)