Simultaneous investigation of influenza and enteric viruses in the stools of adult patients consulting in general practice for acute diarrhea

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 116
• Main Authors: Arena, Christophe, Amoros, Jean Pierre, Vaillant, Véronique, Balay, Katia, Chikhi-Brachet, Roxane, Varesi, Laurent, Arrighi, Jean, Blanchon, Thierry, Carrat, Fabrice, Hanslik, Thomas, Falchi, Alessandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.06.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adenoviruses, Human - genetics; Adenoviruses, Human - isolation & purification; Adult; Advertising executives; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Birds; Case-Control Studies; Co-infection; Coinfection; Complications and side effects; Control; Diagnosis; Diarrhea; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - virology; Enteric virus; Family medicine; Feces - virology; Female; France - epidemiology; General Practice; Health aspects; Human health and pathology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype - genetics; Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype - isolation & purification; Influenza B virus - genetics; Influenza B virus - isolation & purification; Influenza virus; Influenza viruses; Influenza, Human - diagnosis; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - virology; Life Sciences; Male; Mamastrovirus - genetics; Mamastrovirus - isolation & purification; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Norovirus - genetics; Norovirus - isolation & purification; Orthomyxoviridae - genetics; Orthomyxoviridae - isolation & purification; Pandemics; Physicians (General practice); Physiological aspects; Public health; Risk factors; RNA Viruses - genetics; RNA Viruses - isolation & purification; RNA, Viral - genetics; Rotavirus - genetics; Rotavirus - isolation & purification; Seasons; Stools; Viruses; Young Adult; France; Corsica; Stools; General practice; Co-infection; Influenza virus; Enteric virus

Gastrointestinal symptoms are not an uncommon manifestation of an influenza virus infection. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the presence of influenza viruses in the stools of adult patients consulting their general practitioner for uncomplicated acute diarrhea (AD) and the proportion...