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2002 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Terry Hartnett, senior medical writer - Nearly two-thirds of children who contact the type A influenza virus are also susceptible to a secondary strain that causes bronchiolitis, say researchers in Spain.
The incidence of bronchiolitis in this study points to an alarming new sign of this virus in young children and the need for early detection to specifically combat this infectious disease. "A total of 117 cases of respiratory infection caused by influenza A virus were detected. In 62 cases (52.9%) the diagnosis was bronchiolitis. Of these, 80.6% of cases were aged less than 6 years," say J. Reina and colleagues at the University Palma De Mallorca, Hospital Son Dureta, Spain.
Nearly a third of the cases of flu identified by the researchers occurred early in the flu season. "The cost benefit study disclosed that the antigenic detection of RSV and influenza A virus in all respiratory specimens would amount up to EUR 30.83/specimen," adds Reina and colleagues.
This demonstrates ...