Influenza in Refugees on the Thailand–Myanmar Border, May–October 2009

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Turner, Paul ; Turner, Claudia L. ; Watthanaworawit, Wanitda ; Carrara, Verena I. ; Kapella, Bryan K. ; Painter, John ; Nosten, François H.
• Description:
  We describe the epidemiology of influenza virus infections in refugees in a camp in rural Southeast Asia during May-October 2009, the first 6 months after identification of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Thailand. Influenza A viruses were detected in 20% of patients who had influenza-like illness and in 23% of those who had clinical pneumonia. Seasonal influenza A (H1N1) was the predominant virus circulating during weeks 26-33 (June 25-August 29) and was subsequently replaced by the pandemic strain. A review of passive surveillance for acute respiratory infection did not show an increase in acute respiratory tract infection incidence associated with the arrival of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the camp.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Influenza, Human/epidemiology Influenza, Human/virology Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/isolation & Purification Male Middle Aged Pandemics Population Surveillance Refugees Research Seasons Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(9):1366-1372.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U50CI000473-03/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States ; Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
• Place as Subject:
  Thailand ; Myanmar
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f1c09b667a78cd8d075245ee66cd50149e8f4d45a62adae5dc44bc49d3e3cece
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7954/cdc_7954_DS1.pdf
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