Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2010)

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak at Canadian Forces Cadet Camp

  • Rhonda Y. Kropp,
  • Laura E. Bogaert,
  • Robert Barber,
  • Francois-William Tremblay,
  • Robert Ennis,
  • Martin Tepper,
  • Robert Pless,
  • Nathalie Bastien,
  • Yan Li,
  • Carole Beaudoin,
  • James Anderson,
  • Louise Pelletier,
  • Rachel Rodin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100451
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 12
pp. 1986 – 1989

Abstract

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We conducted a case–control study to describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of an outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 at a Canadian military cadet training center. We found that asthma and obesity confer greater risk for infection. Viral shedding was detected by PCR up to 18 days after symptom onset.

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