PLoS ONE (Jan 2015)

Superinfection between influenza and RSV alternating patterns in San Luis Potosí State, México.

  • Jorge Xicoténcatl Velasco-Hernández,
  • Mayra Núñez-López,
  • Andreu Comas-García,
  • Daniel Ernesto Noyola Cherpitel,
  • Marcos Capistrán Ocampo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115674
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
p. e0115674

Abstract

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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.