Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Shanghai, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):1011-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1606.090991.

Abstract

To understand the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus infection, we retrospectively reviewed medical records of 237 patients with laboratory-confirmed cases reported in Shanghai, China, during May-July 2009. Surveillance activities effectively contained the outbreak and provided useful epidemiologic data for future strategies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / drug therapy
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / physiopathology
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oseltamivir / therapeutic use
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • RNA, Viral
  • Oseltamivir