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Indian J Public Health. 2012 Jul-Sep;56(3):242-4. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.104267.
Epidemiology of pandemic H1N1 strains in a tertiary hospital of Maharashtra.
Shrikhande S, Bhoyar SK, Tenpe SH, Deogade NG.
Source
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.
Abstract
Swine-flu is a viral fever caused by a new mutated strain Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, which infects humans. Pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1/2009) virus was detected in the first quarter of 2009 in the west coastal region of North America and spread very rapidly to the other countries during April-June, 2009. This study was conducted to assess the epidemiology of pandemic H1N1 strains using a cross-sectional study design in a tertiary hospital. The symptomatic patients attending the flu outpatient department (OPD)/emergency from August 2009 to April 2011 at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur were included using a standard case definition. A total of 67 (27.01%) samples from 247 patients were pandemic influenza A/H1N1 positive. None of the patients had a history of foreign travel, whereas 23.88% of the patients gave history of travel to an endemic area. Overall, 22.38% of the patients came in contact with proven cases of pandemic H1N1. pH1N1 transmission activity has increased since May 2010.
PMID:
23229220
[PubMed - in process]
Epidemiology of pandemic H1N1 strains in a tertiary hospital of Maharashtra.
Shrikhande S, Bhoyar SK, Tenpe SH, Deogade NG.
Source
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.
Abstract
Swine-flu is a viral fever caused by a new mutated strain Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, which infects humans. Pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1/2009) virus was detected in the first quarter of 2009 in the west coastal region of North America and spread very rapidly to the other countries during April-June, 2009. This study was conducted to assess the epidemiology of pandemic H1N1 strains using a cross-sectional study design in a tertiary hospital. The symptomatic patients attending the flu outpatient department (OPD)/emergency from August 2009 to April 2011 at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur were included using a standard case definition. A total of 67 (27.01%) samples from 247 patients were pandemic influenza A/H1N1 positive. None of the patients had a history of foreign travel, whereas 23.88% of the patients gave history of travel to an endemic area. Overall, 22.38% of the patients came in contact with proven cases of pandemic H1N1. pH1N1 transmission activity has increased since May 2010.
PMID:
23229220
[PubMed - in process]
