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2009 Pandemic influenza A H1N1 in Alaska: temporal and geographic characteristics of spread and increased risk of hospitalization among Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander people.
- Source :
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2011 Jan 01; Vol. 52 Suppl 1, pp. S189-97. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Alaska Native people have suffered disproportionately from previous influenza pandemics. We evaluated 3 separate syndromic data sources to determine temporal and geographic patterns of spread of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 (pH1N1) in Alaska, and reviewed records from persons hospitalized with pH1N1 disease in 3 areas in Alaska to characterize clinical and epidemiologic features of disease in Alaskans. A wave of pH1N1 disease swept through Alaska beginning in most areas in August or early September. In rural regions, where Alaska Native people comprise a substantial proportion of the population, disease occurred earlier than in other regions. Alaska Native people and Asian/Pacific Islanders (A/PI) were 2-4 times more likely to be hospitalized than whites. Alaska Native people and other minorities remain at high risk for early and substantial morbidity from pandemic influenza episodes. These findings should be integrated into plans for distribution and use of vaccine and antiviral agents.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alaska epidemiology
Asian People
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Geography
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influenza, Human virology
Male
Middle Aged
Population Groups
Time Factors
White People
Young Adult
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype isolation & purification
Influenza, Human epidemiology
Pandemics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6591
- Volume :
- 52 Suppl 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21342894
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciq037