tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Jpn J Infect Dis
. 2021 Apr 30.
doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.1009. Online ahead of print.
How many coinfected patients with influenza and COVID-19 are there in a single Japanese hospital during the first wave?
Shoko Kawai[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kazuaki Fukushima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makiko Yomota[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Akito Fukuda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sho Fujiwara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Masaru Tanaka[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Taiichiro Kobayashi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Keishiro Yajima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yukio Hosomi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Akifumi Imamura[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza may infect a person simultaneously; hence, adequate measures must be prepared for the next winter in Japan. In preparation for the future, this study aimed to clarify the rate of influenza coinfection in patients with COVID-19 in previous winter. We conducted a retrospective study of the medical records of 193 patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 between January 31, 2020, and April 23, 2020, in a single hospital. We measured the rate of coinfection with COVID-19 and influenza. We found no patient was coinfected with influenza using rapid diagnostic testing. The occurrence of coinfection with influenza and COVID-19 seems to be rare in the past winter in Japan.
Keywords: COVID-19; coinfection; coronavirus disease 2019; influenza; viral interference.
. 2021 Apr 30.
doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.1009. Online ahead of print.
How many coinfected patients with influenza and COVID-19 are there in a single Japanese hospital during the first wave?
Shoko Kawai[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kazuaki Fukushima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Makiko Yomota[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Akito Fukuda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sho Fujiwara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Masaru Tanaka[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Taiichiro Kobayashi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Keishiro Yajima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yukio Hosomi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Akifumi Imamura[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33952766
- DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.1009
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza may infect a person simultaneously; hence, adequate measures must be prepared for the next winter in Japan. In preparation for the future, this study aimed to clarify the rate of influenza coinfection in patients with COVID-19 in previous winter. We conducted a retrospective study of the medical records of 193 patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 between January 31, 2020, and April 23, 2020, in a single hospital. We measured the rate of coinfection with COVID-19 and influenza. We found no patient was coinfected with influenza using rapid diagnostic testing. The occurrence of coinfection with influenza and COVID-19 seems to be rare in the past winter in Japan.
Keywords: COVID-19; coinfection; coronavirus disease 2019; influenza; viral interference.