Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
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Volume 17, Number 8?August 2011
Dispatch
Risk Factors for Death from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Southern Brazil
Renata T.C. Yokota, Lacita M. Skalinski, Cristine N. Igansi, Libia R.O. de Souza, Betine P.M. Iser, Priscilleyne O. Reis, Eliana N.C. Barros, Eduardo M. Mac?rio, Marilina A. Bercini, Tani M.S. Ranieri, and Wildo N. Ara?jo
Author affiliations: Ministry of Heath, Brasilia, Brazil (R.T.C. Yokota, L.M. Skalinski, C.N. Igansi, L.R.O. de Souza, B.P.M. Iser, P.O. Reis, E.N.C. Barros, E.M. Mac?rio, W.N. Ara?jo); and Health Secretariat of Rio do Sul State, Porto Alegre, Brazil (M.A. Bercini, T.M.S. Ranieri)
Abstract
To identify risk factors for death from pandemic (H1N1) 2009, we obtained data for 157 hospitalized patients with confirmed cases of this disease. Multivariate analysis showed that diabetes and class III obesity were associated with death. These findings helped define priority vaccination groups in Brazil.
-Dispatch
Risk Factors for Death from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Southern Brazil
Renata T.C. Yokota, Lacita M. Skalinski, Cristine N. Igansi, Libia R.O. de Souza, Betine P.M. Iser, Priscilleyne O. Reis, Eliana N.C. Barros, Eduardo M. Mac?rio, Marilina A. Bercini, Tani M.S. Ranieri, and Wildo N. Ara?jo
Author affiliations: Ministry of Heath, Brasilia, Brazil (R.T.C. Yokota, L.M. Skalinski, C.N. Igansi, L.R.O. de Souza, B.P.M. Iser, P.O. Reis, E.N.C. Barros, E.M. Mac?rio, W.N. Ara?jo); and Health Secretariat of Rio do Sul State, Porto Alegre, Brazil (M.A. Bercini, T.M.S. Ranieri)
Abstract
To identify risk factors for death from pandemic (H1N1) 2009, we obtained data for 157 hospitalized patients with confirmed cases of this disease. Multivariate analysis showed that diabetes and class III obesity were associated with death. These findings helped define priority vaccination groups in Brazil.
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