Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2009)

Respiratory Infection in Institutions during Early Stages of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Canada

  • Alex Marchand-Austin,
  • David J. Farrell,
  • Frances B. Jamieson,
  • Nino Lombardi,
  • Ernesto Lombos,
  • Sunita Narang,
  • Holy Akwar,
  • Donald E. Low,
  • Jonathan B. Gubbay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.091022
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 12
pp. 2001 – 2003

Abstract

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Outbreaks of respiratory infection in institutions in Ontario, Canada were studied from April 20 to June 12, 2009, during the early stages of the emergence of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Despite widespread presence of influenza in the general population, only 2 of 83 outbreaks evaluated by molecular methods were associated with pandemic (H1N1) 2009.

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