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Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México

2009, Number 5

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Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 2009; 66 (5)

Influenza

Solórzano-Santos F, Miranda-Novales MG

Language: Spanish
References: 31
Page: 461-473
PDF size: 194.05 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Influenza is a highly contagious acute viral infection of the respiratory tract. It is caused by influenza A, B and C virus. Infection occurs at all ages, but during epidemics the morbidity is higher at extremes of life. Sick patients demand medical care and hospitalization, consuming limited resources, increasing length of hospital-days and eventually death. Recently, in Mexico a novel influenza A virus (H1N1) caused an epidemic. With the new virus surveillance, infections due also to seasonal virus were documented. This update highlights recommendations for prevention and treatment of influenza.


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