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Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 1;52 Suppl 1:S94-101.
Influenza-like illness in a community surrounding a school-based outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus-Chicago, Illinois, 2009.
Janusz KB, Cortes JE, Serdarevic F, Jones RC, Jones JD, Ritger KA, Morita JY, Gerber SI, Gallagher L, Biggerstaff BJ, Hicks LA, Swerdlow DL, Fischer M, Staples JE; Chicago H1N1 Epidemiology Team.
Collaborators (15)
Beltrami JF, Date KA, Dennis M, Fournier ME, Gallagher L, Gardner TJ, Hills SL, Elias J, Husain F, Iwamoto M, Modi SV, Nguyen TA, Ricks PM, Ryman TK, Westbrooks WC.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
Abstract
In April 2009, following the first school closure due to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) in Chicago, Illinois, area hospitals were inundated with patients presenting with influenza-like illness (ILI). The extent of disease spread into the surrounding community was unclear. We performed a household survey to estimate the ILI attack rate among community residents and compared reported ILI with confirmed pH1N1 cases and ILI surveillance data (ie, hospital ILI visits, influenza testing, and school absenteeism). The estimated ILI attack rate was 4.6% (95% confidence interval, 2.8%-7.4%), with cases distributed throughout the 5-week study period. In contrast, 36 (84%) of 43 confirmed pH1N1 cases were identified the week of the school closure. Trends in surveillance data peaked during the same week and rapidly decreased to near baseline. Public awareness and health care practices impact standard ILI surveillance data. Community-based surveys are a valuable tool to help assess the burden of ILI in a community.
PMID: 21342907 [PubMed - in process]Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21342907
Influenza-like illness in a community surrounding a school-based outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus-Chicago, Illinois, 2009.
Janusz KB, Cortes JE, Serdarevic F, Jones RC, Jones JD, Ritger KA, Morita JY, Gerber SI, Gallagher L, Biggerstaff BJ, Hicks LA, Swerdlow DL, Fischer M, Staples JE; Chicago H1N1 Epidemiology Team.
Collaborators (15)
Beltrami JF, Date KA, Dennis M, Fournier ME, Gallagher L, Gardner TJ, Hills SL, Elias J, Husain F, Iwamoto M, Modi SV, Nguyen TA, Ricks PM, Ryman TK, Westbrooks WC.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
Abstract
In April 2009, following the first school closure due to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) (pH1N1) in Chicago, Illinois, area hospitals were inundated with patients presenting with influenza-like illness (ILI). The extent of disease spread into the surrounding community was unclear. We performed a household survey to estimate the ILI attack rate among community residents and compared reported ILI with confirmed pH1N1 cases and ILI surveillance data (ie, hospital ILI visits, influenza testing, and school absenteeism). The estimated ILI attack rate was 4.6% (95% confidence interval, 2.8%-7.4%), with cases distributed throughout the 5-week study period. In contrast, 36 (84%) of 43 confirmed pH1N1 cases were identified the week of the school closure. Trends in surveillance data peaked during the same week and rapidly decreased to near baseline. Public awareness and health care practices impact standard ILI surveillance data. Community-based surveys are a valuable tool to help assess the burden of ILI in a community.
PMID: 21342907 [PubMed - in process]Free Article
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21342907