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Influenza and covid-19 co-infection: Report of five cases in a peruvian hospital

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Abstract

COVID-19 disease is an easily transmitted infection like other respiratory viruses, with cases of Influenza coinfection reported at seasonal times. There are 5 cases of coinfection of COVID-19 and the influenza virus. Influenza A virus being the most frequent. Symptoms of coinfection between these two viruses may suggest odynophagia and nasal congestion in the patients evaluated, no mortality was observed.

Translated title of the contributionCoinfección de covid-19 e influenza: Reporte de cinco casos en un hospital peruano
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)738-742
Number of pages5
JournalRevista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
StateIndexed - 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Coinfection (source: MeSH NLM)
  • Influenza A virus
  • SARS-CoV-2

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