Incidence of influenza A H1N1 2009 infection in Eastern Saudi Arabian hospitals

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 598-602

  Herzallah, Hatem K ^a   Bubshait, Salah A ^a   Antony, Amalraj K ^a   Al Otaibi, Sultan T ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79959304411     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Self- Reported Influenza-Like Illness During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic--- United States, September 2009--March 2010. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011; 60: 37-41.
2. Memish ZA, McNabb SJ, Ahmad QA, Hajjeh RA, Harmanci FH, Uyeki TM, et al. Hajj and 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1. Lancet 2009; 374: 1724.
3. Khan K, Arino J, Hu W, Raposo P, Sears J, Calderon F, et al. Spread of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus via global airline transportation. N Engl J Med 2009; 361: 212-214.
4. Memish ZA, McNabb SJ, Ahmad QA, Hajjeh RA, Harmanci FH, Uyeki TM, et al. Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1. Lancet 2009; 374: 1786-1791.
5. Saudi Ministry of Health. Ministry News. Riyadh (KSA): Ministry of Health; 2009. Available from URL: http://www.moh.gov.sa/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/NEWS-2009-6-29-003.aspx
6. Saudi Ministry of Health. Ministry News. Riyadh (KSA): Ministry of Health; 2009. Available from URL: http://www.moh.gov.sa/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/NEWS--2009-7-27-001.aspx
7. Pandemic H1N1 2009; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: Available from URL: http://www.emro.who.int/csr/h1n1/pdf/sitrep_5.pdf
8. Louie JK, Acosta M, Winter K, Jean C, Gavali S, Schechter R, et al. Factors associated with death or hospitalization due to pandemic 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) infection in California. JAMA 2009; 302: 1896-1902.
9. Ebrahim S, Memish Z, Uyeki T, Khoja T, Marano N, McNabb S. Public health. Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj. Science 2009; 326: 938-940.
10. [Mathematical modelling of the pandemic H1N1 2009] Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2009; 84: 341-348. English, French
11. Ahmad QA, Arabi YM, Memish ZA. Health risks at the Hajj. Lancet 2006; 367: 1008-1015.
12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Swine influenza A (H1N1) infection in two children--Southern California, March-April 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58: 400-402.
13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infections - Chicago, Illinois, April-July 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58: 913-918.
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Outbreak of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection---Mexico, March--April 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58: 467-470.
15. World Health Organization. World now at the start of 2009 influenza pandemic. Available from URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2009/h1n1_pandemic_phase6_20090611/en/index.html
16. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hospitalized patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection-California, April-May, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58: 1-5.
17. Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Bridges CB, Cox NJ, et al. Influenza-associated hospitalizations in the United States. JAMA 2004; 292: 1333-1340.
18. Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox N, Anderson LJ, et al. Mortality associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in the United States. JAMA 2003; 289: 179-186.
19. Sng J, Koh D, Koh G. Influenza A (H1N1) infections among healthcare workers: a cause for cautious optimism. Occup Environ Med 2009; 66: 569-570.
20. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Use of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2009. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009; 58: 1-8.
21. Fiore AE, Shay DK, Broder K, Iskander JK, Uyeki TM, Mootrey G, et al. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008. MMWR Recomm Rep 2008; 57: 1-60.
22. Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Investigation Team, Dawood FS, Jain S, Finelli L, Shaw MW, Lindstrom S, et al. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans. N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 2605-2615.