Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and postpandemic influenza in Lithuania
Ambrozaitis Arvydas,
Radzišauskienė Daiva,
Žagminas Kęstutis,
Kuprevičienė Nerija,
Gravenstein Stefan,
Jančorienė Ligita
Affiliations
Ambrozaitis Arvydas
Department of Infectious, Chest Diseases Dermatovenereology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Vilnius, LT-08117
Radzišauskienė Daiva
Department of Infectious, Chest Diseases Dermatovenereology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Vilnius, LT-08117
Žagminas Kęstutis
Public Health Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Vilnius, LT-03101
Kuprevičienė Nerija
Public Health Institute, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Vilnius, LT-03101
Gravenstein Stefan
University Hospitals-Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Jančorienė Ligita
Department of Infectious, Chest Diseases Dermatovenereology and Allergology, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Vilnius, LT-08117
The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients hospitalized in Lithuania who are infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and to compare pandemic A(H1N1) pdm09 infection with postpandemic.