Estimation of the burden of pandemic(H1N1)2009 in developing countries: experience from a tertiary care center in South India.

The burden of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza might be underestimated if detection of the virus is mandated to diagnose infection. Using an alternate approach, we propose that a much higher pandemic burden was experienced in our institution.Consecutive patients (n = 2588) presenting to our hospit...

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Main Authors: Mahesh Moorthy, Prasanna Samuel, John Victor Peter, Saranya Vijayakumar, Dipika Sekhar, Valsan P Verghese, Indira Agarwal, Prabhakar D Moses, Kala Ebenezer, Ooriapadickal Cherian Abraham, Kurien Thomas, Prasad Mathews, Akhilesh C Mishra, Renu Lal, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Asha Mary Abraham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3434194?pdf=render