Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2012)
Early Detection of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Bangladesh
- Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner,
- Mustafizur Rahman,
- Abdullah Al Mamun,
- Mohammad Sabbir Haider,
- Rashid Uz Zaman,
- Polash Chandra Karmakar,
- Sharifa Nasreen,
- Syeda Mah-E Muneer,
- Nusrat Homaira,
- Doli Rani Goswami,
- Be-Nazir Ahmed,
- Mohammad Mushtuq Husain,
- Khondokar Mahbuba Jamil,
- Selina Khatun,
- Mujaddeed Ahmed,
- Apurba Chakraborty,
- Alicia Fry,
- Marc-Alain Widdowson,
- Joseph S. Bresee,
- Tasnim Azim,
- A.S.M. Alamgir,
- Abdullah Brooks,
- Mohamed Jahangir Hossain,
- Alexander Klimov,
- Mahmudur Rahman,
- Stephen P. Luby
Affiliations
- Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Abdullah Al Mamun
- Mohammad Sabbir Haider
- Rashid Uz Zaman
- Polash Chandra Karmakar
- Sharifa Nasreen
- Syeda Mah-E Muneer
- Nusrat Homaira
- Doli Rani Goswami
- Be-Nazir Ahmed
- Mohammad Mushtuq Husain
- Khondokar Mahbuba Jamil
- Selina Khatun
- Mujaddeed Ahmed
- Apurba Chakraborty
- Alicia Fry
- Marc-Alain Widdowson
- Joseph S. Bresee
- Tasnim Azim
- A.S.M. Alamgir
- Abdullah Brooks
- Mohamed Jahangir Hossain
- Alexander Klimov
- Mahmudur Rahman
- Stephen P. Luby
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.101996
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 18,
no. 1
pp. 146 – 149
Abstract
To explore Bangladesh’s ability to detect novel influenza, we examined a series of laboratory-confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 cases. During June–July 2009, event-based surveillance identified 30 case-patients (57% travelers); starting July 29, sentinel sites identified 252 case-patients (1% travelers). Surveillance facilitated response weeks before the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection to the general population.
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