| Autor: |
Lahlou Amine I; University Mohammed V-Souissi, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Biosafety Level 3 and Research Laboratory, Rabat, Morocco. idr_lahlou@yahoo.com, Bajjou T, El Rhaffouli H, Laraqui A, Hilali F, Menouar K, Ennibi K, Boudlal M, Bouaiti EA, Sbai K, Rbai M, Hachim M, Zouhair S |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2011 Jun 09; Vol. 16 (23). Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jun 09. |
| Abstrakt: |
On 12 June 2009, Morocco was the first country in North Africa to report a laboratory-confirmed case of influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus infection. This study describes the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 240 laboratory-confirmed cases among 594 outpatients with influenza-like illness at the Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, from 12 June to 24 December 2009. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR was used to confirm the infection. The epidemic peaked in weeks 47 to 49 (16 November to 6 December 2009). The mean age of cases was 23 years (standard deviation: 14 years). Cough was the most common symptom in 200 cases (83%), followed by fever (≥38 °C) in 195 (81%). Diarrhoea or vomiting was reported in 12 (5%) patients. None of the cases developed any complications and no deaths occurred during the study period. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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