Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2010)
Identification and Epidemiology of Severe Respiratory Disease due to Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in Alberta
- George Zahariadis,
- Ari R Joffe,
- James Talbot,
- Albert deVilliers,
- Patricia Campbell,
- Kanti Pabbaraju,
- Sallene Wong,
- Nathalie Bastien,
- Yan Li,
- Robyn L Mitchell,
- Xiao-Li Pang,
- Stephanie Yanow,
- Linda Chui,
- Gerald Predy,
- David Willans,
- Bonita E Lee,
- Jutta K Preiksaitis,
- Bev Clement,
- Angela Jacobs,
- Joy Jaipaul,
- Kevin Fonseca
Affiliations
- George Zahariadis
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Ari R Joffe
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- James Talbot
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Albert deVilliers
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Patricia Campbell
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Kanti Pabbaraju
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Sallene Wong
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Nathalie Bastien
- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
- Yan Li
- National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
- Robyn L Mitchell
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Xiao-Li Pang
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Stephanie Yanow
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Linda Chui
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Gerald Predy
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- David Willans
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Bonita E Lee
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Jutta K Preiksaitis
- Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Canada
- Bev Clement
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Angela Jacobs
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Joy Jaipaul
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- Kevin Fonseca
- Alberta Health Services, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/293098
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 21,
no. 4
pp. e151 – e157
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In March 2009, global surveillance started detecting cases of influenza-like illness in Mexico. By mid-April 2009, two pediatric patients were identified in the United States who were confirmed to be infected by a novel influenza A (H1N1) strain. The present article describes the first identified severe respiratory infection and the first death associated with pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) in Canada.
