Research on influenza

The main lines of research into influenza focus on:

• Cardiac complications associated with influenza.
• The impact of respiratory viruses on HIV-infected patients.

Studies are being conducted in relation to:

• The detection of early and late cardiac complications in patients hospitalised due to influenza, whether with or without bacterial coinfection.
• The clinical evolution of HIV-infected patients with pneumonia caused by a respiratory virus (viral pneumonia).

With regard to future studies, researchers are working on:

• New testing methods for the diagnosis of viral pneumonia.