Abstract

VARGAS-PONCE, Kenneth G.; SALAS-LOPEZ, Juan A.; LLANOS-TEJADA, Félix K.  and  MORALES-AVALOS, Antonio. Influenza and Covid-19 co-infection: Report of five cases in a Peruvian Hospital. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.4, pp.738-742. ISSN 1814-5469.  http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v20i4.3158.

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.

Keywords : COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Influenza A virus; Coinfection (Source: MeSH NLM)..

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