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Editor, Senior Moderator
BOSTON -- The most recent H1N1 influenza pandemic did not appear to be any rougher on HIV patients than other seasonal influenza epidemics, government researchers said here.
In the seasonal influenza epidemic of 2007-2008, about 3.6% of patients who were hospitalized with the flu were HIV-infected. That figure climbed a bit to 5.6% of those hospitalized in the 2008-2009 seasonal influence epidemic. But in the H1N1 pandemic of 2009-2010, 3.3% of patients hospitalized had HIV infection (P<0.001), said Philip Peters, MD, from the CDC in Atlanta.
"HIV infection alone was not associated with a greater risk of severe influenza illness," Peters said in his presentation at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
However, among HIV-infected patients, those with other co-morbidities, or those who live in the southeastern U.S. were more likely to be hospitalized for symptoms of influenza.
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In the seasonal influenza epidemic of 2007-2008, about 3.6% of patients who were hospitalized with the flu were HIV-infected. That figure climbed a bit to 5.6% of those hospitalized in the 2008-2009 seasonal influence epidemic. But in the H1N1 pandemic of 2009-2010, 3.3% of patients hospitalized had HIV infection (P<0.001), said Philip Peters, MD, from the CDC in Atlanta.
"HIV infection alone was not associated with a greater risk of severe influenza illness," Peters said in his presentation at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
However, among HIV-infected patients, those with other co-morbidities, or those who live in the southeastern U.S. were more likely to be hospitalized for symptoms of influenza.
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http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/IDSA/29281