1. Association between Patient Age and Influenza A Subtype during Influenza Outbreaks
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Bonita E. Lee, Shamir N Mukhi, and Steven J. Drews
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Adult ,Male ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Epidemiology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Alberta ,Disease Outbreaks ,Young Adult ,Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Influenza, Human ,Prevalence ,Influenza A virus ,Humans ,Medicine ,Young adult ,Child ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype ,Public health ,Age Factors ,Infant ,Outbreak ,Middle Aged ,Long-Term Care ,Virology ,Long-term care ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Human mortality from H5N1 ,Female ,Viral disease ,business - Abstract
The distribution of influenza A subtypes was studied in specimens recovered from patients in long-term care facility (LTCF) outbreaks and in non-LTCF outbreaks in Alberta, Canada, for 3 years before the influenza pandemic of 2009. We found that H3 but not HI was associated with infection in older adults. Therefore, H3 was more commonly found than HI in outbreaks in LTCFs.
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- 2010
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