SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus coinfection among patients with severe acute respiratory infection during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: a hospital-based descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus coinfection among severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) cases-patients during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.

Design

Descriptive study.

Setting

Nine tertiary level hospitals across Bangladesh.

Participants

Patients admitted as SARI (defined as cases with subjective or measured fever of ≥38 C° and cough with onset within the last 10 days and requiring hospital admission) case-patients.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Proportion of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus coinfection and proportion of mortality among SARI case-patients.

Results

We enrolled 1986 SARI case-patients with a median age: 28 years (IQR: 1.2-53 years), and 67.6% were male. Among them, 285 (14

SUBMITTER: Akhtar Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature