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Impact of influenza in the post‐pandemic phase: Clinical features in hospitalized patients with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 and H3N2 viruses, during 2013 in Santa Fe, Argentina
Author(s) -
Kusznierz Gabriela,
Carolina Cudós,
Manuel Rudi Juan,
Sergio Lejona,
Lucila Ortellao,
Julio Befani,
Mirta Villani,
Pedro Morana,
Graciana Morera,
Andrea Uboldi,
Elsa Zerbini
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.24758
Subject(s) - pandemic , epidemiology , medicine , virus , human mortality from h5n1 , virology , influenza a virus , disease , pandemic influenza , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
It is important to characterize the clinical and epidemiological pattern of the influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 virus and compare it with influenza A (H3N2) virus, as surveyed in just a few studies, in order to contribute to the implementation and strengthening of influenza control and prevention strategies. The aims in this study were to describe influenza clinical and epidemiological characteristics in hospitalized patients, caused by influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 and influenza A (H3N2) viruses during 2013, in Santa Fe, Argentina. A retrospective study was conducted over 2013 among hospitalized patients with laboratory‐confirmed influenza diagnosis. In contrast to patients with influenza A (H3N2) (20.5%), a higher proportion of hospitalizations associated with influenza H1N1pdm were reported among adults aged 35–65 years (42.8%). Of all patients, 73.6% had an underlying medical condition. Hospitalized patients with H1N1pdm were subject to 2.6 (95%CI, 1.0–6.8) times higher risk of severity, than those hospitalized with influenza A (H3N2). This results demonstrate the impact in the post‐pandemic era of H1N1pdm virus, with increased risk of severe disease, in relation to H3N2 virus, both viruses co‐circulating during 2013.