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Laboratory-Confirmed Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in Hospitalized Adults: Findings from the Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program, 2009-2010

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Krista Wilkinson ,
Robyn Mitchell ,
Geoffrey Taylor ,
Barbara Amihod ,
Charles Frenette ,
Denise Gravel ,
Allison McGeer ,
Kathryn N. Suh ,
Alice Wong  and
Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Krista Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Robyn Mitchell*
Affiliation:
Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Geoffrey Taylor
Affiliation:
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Barbara Amihod
Affiliation:
SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Charles Frenette
Affiliation:
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Denise Gravel
Affiliation:
Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Allison McGeer
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kathryn N. Suh
Affiliation:
Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alice Wong
Affiliation:
Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
*
100 Promenade Eglantine Driveway, PL0601E2, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Surveillance for pandemic H1N1 influenza was conducted between June 1, 2009, and May 31, 2010, among adults at 40 participating hospitals in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. The first wave was characterized by a higher proportion of Aboriginals and pregnant women as well as severe outcomes, compared to the second wave.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(10):1043-1046

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1043 - 1046
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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