Emergency Department Visits for Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

To determine the number of emergency department visits attributable to influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, we used active, population-based surveillance and laboratory-confirmed influenza data. We estimated ≈10 visits per 1,000 residents during the pandemic period. This estima...

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Autores principales: Self, Wesley H., Grijalva, Carlos G., Zhu, Yuwei, Talbot, H. Keipp, Jules, Astride, Widmer, Kyle E., Edwards, Kathryn M., Williams, John V., Shay, David K., Griffin, Marie R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516043
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111233
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Sumario:To determine the number of emergency department visits attributable to influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, we used active, population-based surveillance and laboratory-confirmed influenza data. We estimated ≈10 visits per 1,000 residents during the pandemic period. This estimate should help emergency departments prepare for future pandemics.

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