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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 23, 09 June 2011
Surveillance and outbreak reports
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 23, 09 June 2011
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Morocco: experience of the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, 12 June to 24 December 2009
I Lahlou Amine (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, T Bajjou<SUP>1</SUP>, H El Rhaffouli<SUP>1</SUP>, A Laraqui<SUP>1</SUP>, F Hilali<SUP>1</SUP>, K Menouar<SUP>1</SUP>, K Ennibi<SUP>2</SUP>, M Boudlal<SUP>2</SUP>, E A Bouaiti<SUP>3</SUP>, K Sbai<SUP>3</SUP>, M Rbai<SUP>3</SUP>, M Hachim<SUP>2</SUP>, S Zouhair<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Lahlou Amine I, Bajjou T, El Rhaffouli H, Laraqui A, Hilali F, Menouar K, Ennibi K, Boudlal M, Bouaiti EA, Sbai K, Rbai M, Hachim M, Zouhair S. Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Morocco: experience of the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, 12 June to 24 December 2009. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(23)
ii=19887. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19887
Date of submission: 24 June 2010 <HR>On 12 June 2009, Morocco was the first country in North Africa to report a laboratory-confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus infection. This study describes the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 240 laboratory-confirmed cases among 594 outpatients with influenza-like illness at the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, from 12 June to 24 December 2009. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR was used to confirm the infection. The epidemic peaked in weeks 47 to 49 (16 November to 6 December 2009). The mean age of cases was 23 years (standard deviation: 14 years). Cough was the most common symptom in 200 cases (83%), followed by fever (≥38 ?C) in 195 (81%). Diarrhoea or vomiting was reported in 12 (5%) patients. None of the cases developed any complications and no deaths occurred during the study period.
I Lahlou Amine (
- University Mohammed V-Souissi, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Biosafety Level 3 and Research Laboratory, Rabat, Morocco
- University Mohammed V-Souissi, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Rabat, Morocco
- Royal Armed Forces' Health Services, Division for Health and Safety Surveillance, Rabat, Morocco
Citation style for this article: Lahlou Amine I, Bajjou T, El Rhaffouli H, Laraqui A, Hilali F, Menouar K, Ennibi K, Boudlal M, Bouaiti EA, Sbai K, Rbai M, Hachim M, Zouhair S. Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 in Morocco: experience of the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, 12 June to 24 December 2009. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(23)
ii=19887. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19887 Date of submission: 24 June 2010 <HR>On 12 June 2009, Morocco was the first country in North Africa to report a laboratory-confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus infection. This study describes the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 240 laboratory-confirmed cases among 594 outpatients with influenza-like illness at the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, from 12 June to 24 December 2009. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR was used to confirm the infection. The epidemic peaked in weeks 47 to 49 (16 November to 6 December 2009). The mean age of cases was 23 years (standard deviation: 14 years). Cough was the most common symptom in 200 cases (83%), followed by fever (≥38 ?C) in 195 (81%). Diarrhoea or vomiting was reported in 12 (5%) patients. None of the cases developed any complications and no deaths occurred during the study period.
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