Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2011)

Hospitalized Patients with Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Kenya

  • Eric Mogaka Osoro,
  • Penina Munyua,
  • Philip Muthoka,
  • Solomon Gikundi,
  • M. Kariuki Njenga,
  • Samwel Lifumo,
  • Racheal Achilla,
  • Lilian Waiboci,
  • Charles Nzioka,
  • Jared O. Omolo,
  • Daniel R. Feikin,
  • Robert F. Breiman,
  • Mark A. Katz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.100992
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 9
pp. 1744 – 1746

Abstract

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To describe the epidemiology and clinical course of patients hospitalized with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Kenya, we reviewed medical records of 49 such patients hospitalized during July–November 2009. The median age (7 years) was lower than that in industrialized countries. More patients had HIV than the general Kenyan population.

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