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Hospitalized patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Kenya
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Hospitalized patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Kenya

Eric Mogaka Osoro, Penina Munyua, Philip Muthoka, Solomon Gikundi, M Kariuki Njenga, Samwel Lifumo, Racheal Achilla, Lilian Waiboci, Charles Nzioka, Jared Omolo, …
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.17(9), pp.1744-1746
09/2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1709.100992
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109831
PMCID: PMC3322052
PMID: 21888810
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Abstract

Length of Stay Pandemics Kenya - epidemiology Humans Middle Aged Child, Preschool Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Infant Influenza, Human - epidemiology Male Young Adult Adolescent Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenza, Human - mortality Adult Female Influenza, Human - virology Child Sentinel Surveillance
To describe the epidemiology and clinical course of patients hospitalized with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Kenya, we reviewed medical records of 49 such patients hospitalized during July-November 2009. The median age (7 years) was lower than that in industrialized countries. More patients had HIV than the general Kenyan population.

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