Giuseppe
Emeritus
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Emerg Infect Dis., abstract, edited)
[Source Full PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.091114
Suggested citation for this article: Echavarr?a M, Querci M, Marcone D, Videla C, Mart?nez A, Bonvehi P, et al. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb; [Epub ahead of print]
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marcela Echavarr?a, Marcia Querci, D?bora Marcone, Cristina Videla, Alfredo Mart?nez, Pablo Bonvehi, and Guadalupe Carballal
Author affiliation:
Centro de Educaci?n M?dica e Investigaciones Cl?nicas (CEMIC) University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
To determine clinical and virologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we conducted real-time reverse transcription?PCR on samples from patients with influenza-like illness, June 11?30, 2009. Of 513 patients tested, 54% were positive for influenza virus subtype H1N1. Infection rate was lowest for patients >60 years of age.
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[Source Full PDF Document: LINK. EDITED.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.091114
Suggested citation for this article: Echavarr?a M, Querci M, Marcone D, Videla C, Mart?nez A, Bonvehi P, et al. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb; [Epub ahead of print]
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Cases, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marcela Echavarr?a, Marcia Querci, D?bora Marcone, Cristina Videla, Alfredo Mart?nez, Pablo Bonvehi, and Guadalupe Carballal
Author affiliation:
Centro de Educaci?n M?dica e Investigaciones Cl?nicas (CEMIC) University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
To determine clinical and virologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we conducted real-time reverse transcription?PCR on samples from patients with influenza-like illness, June 11?30, 2009. Of 513 patients tested, 54% were positive for influenza virus subtype H1N1. Infection rate was lowest for patients >60 years of age.
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