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Severe RSV infections in children and elderly during 2017/2018 winter season
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Costa, Inês; Cristóvão, Paula; Conde, Patrícia; Nunes, Baltazar; Rodrigues, Ana Paula; Côrte-Real, RitaBackground: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most frequent and important respiratory viral agent that causes respiratory infection complications in younger children and elderly. RSV has an autumn / winter seasonality detected in cocirculation with influenza and other respiratory viruses. Material and Methods: During 2017/2018 season, 14 hospitals from Portugal mainland and Atlantic Island tested ...
Influenza virus type/subtype and different infection profiles by age group duri...
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Conde, Patrícia; Côrte-Real, Rita; Branquinho, Paula; Garcia, David; Conde, SílviaBackground: Influenza has a major impact in hospitalization during each influenza season. We analysed the influenza type/subtype distribution by age group and medical care wards (ambulatory, hospital, intensive care unit). Material and Methods: During 2017/2018 season, 14 hospitals from Portugal mainland and Atlantic Island (Azores and Madeira) reported to the National Influenza Centre 13747 cases of respirator...
Influenza severe cases in hospitals, between 2014 and 2016 in Portugal
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Cristóvão, Paula; Costa, Inês; Conde, Patrícia; Corte-Real, Rita; Branquinho, Paula; Silvestre, Maria JoséBackground: Since 2009, the Portuguese Laboratory Network (PLNID) for Influenza Diagnosis has integrated 15 Laboratories in mainland and Atlantic Islands of Azores and Madeira. This PLNID added an important contribute to the National Influenza Surveillance Program regarding severe and hospitalized influenza cases. The present study aims to describe influenza viruses detected in influenza like illness (ILI) case...
Severe acute respiratory infections in the 2012/2013 season studied by the Port...
Guiomar, Raquel; Pechirra, Pedro; Conde, Patrícia; Cristóvão, Paula; Silvestre, Maria José; Almeida Santos, Madalena; Sobrinho Simões, JoanaDuring the 2009/10 influenza pandemic, a network of 14 laboratories located in the main reference hospitals from Portugal mainland, Madeira and Azores was established for the diagnosis of the new influenza A(H1N1)2009 pandemic strain. Since then, the network performs laboratory diagnosis of influenza as well as other respiratory pathogens, thus contributing to the laboratory diagnosis of respiratory disease in ...