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Respiratory viral infections in institutions from late stage of the first and second waves of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009, Ontario, Canada

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Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Feb 21. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00336.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Respiratory viral infections in institutions from late stage of the first and second waves of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009, Ontario, Canada.
Asner S, Peci A, Marchand-Austin A, Winter AL, Olsha R, Kristjanson E, Low DE, Gubbay JB.
Source

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Abstract

Please cite this paper as: Asner et al. (2012) Respiratory viral infections in institutions from late stage of the first and second waves of pandemic A (H1N1) 2009, Ontario, Canada. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00336.x. We report the impact of respiratory viruses on various outbreak settings by using surveillance data from the late first and second wave periods of the 2009 pandemic. A total of 278/345(78?5%) outbreaks tested positive for at least one respiratory virus by multiplex PCR. We detected A(H1N1)pdm09 in 20?6% of all reported outbreaks of which 54?9% were reported by camps, schools, and day cares (CSDs) and 29?6% by long-term care facilities (LCFTs), whereas enterovirus/human rhinovirus (ENT/HRV) accounted for 62% outbreaks of which 83?7% were reported by long-term care facilities (LCTFs). ENT/HRV was frequently identified in LTCF outbreaks involving elderly residents, whereas in CSDs, A(H1N1)pdm09 was primarily detected.

? 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

PMID:
22353417
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22353417
 
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