abstract

• The objective of this paper is to explain through the ecological hypothesis superinfection and competitive interaction between two viral populations and niche (host) availability, the alternating patterns of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and influenza observed in a regional hospital in San Luis Potosí State, México using a mathematical model as a methodological tool. The data analyzed consists of community-based and hospital-based Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) consultations provided by health-care institutions reported to the State Health Service Epidemiology Department from 2003 through 2009. © 2015 Velasco-Hernández et al.

authors

• Comas-García A.
• Noyola Cherpitel Daniel Ernesto
• Núñez-López M.
• Ocampo M.C.
• Velasco-Hernández J.X.

publication date

• 2015-01-01

funding provided via

• Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM  Grant

published in

• PLoS ONE  Journal

keywords

• Article; community acquired infection; consultation; controlled study; disease activity; epidemic; health care facility; hospital infection; Human respiratory syncytial virus; incidence; influenza; Influenza virus; mathematical model; methodology; Mexico; prevalence; public health service; respiratory syncytial virus infection; retrospective study; superinfection; virus cell interaction; acute disease; algorithm; health survey; human; Influenza, Human; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; season; superinfection; theoretical model; virology; Potos; Respiratory syncytial virus; Rice stripe virus; Acute Disease; Algorithms; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; Influenza, Human; Mexico; Models, Theoretical; Population Surveillance; Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Seasons; Superinfection

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1371/journal.pone.0115674

PubMed ID

• 25803450

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volume

• 10

issue

• 3