Comparison of influenza outbreaks in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Russia induced by 2009 yearly new variant of A(H1N1) influenza virus.

Autor: Karpova LS; FSBI Research Institute of Influenza (RII), Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation., Popovtseva NM, Stolyarova TP, Stolyarov KA, Mamadaliyev SM, Khairullin BM, Sandybayev NT, Kydyrbayev ZhK, Orynbayev MB, Ospanov KS, Baiserkin BS, Boibosinov EU
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Virologica Sinica [Virol Sin] 2011 Oct; Vol. 26 (5), pp. 306-14. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-011-3203-z
Abstrakt: The aim of the work is the comparison of the epidemiology of influenza and acute respiratory virus infections (ARVI) in the Republic of Kazakhstan with the corresponding influenza epidemic in Russia induced by influenza pandemic virus A/California/07/2009 in 2009. Data on influenza and ARVI from the Republic of Kazakhstan and Federal Center of influenza was collected and investigated over the course of several weeks from hospitalized patients with the same diagnosis among all population and in age groups on 16 territories of Kazakhstan and in 49 major cities of Russia. The epidemic in Kazakhstan resembled the Russian epidemic in terms of its abnormally early beginning, expression of monoaetiology, the spread of the epidemic into all territories and start of the epidemics among adult population. High percentage of hospitalized people and lethal outcome were registered in this epidemic. Similarity of epidemic process character in corresponding border-line territories of both countries was found out.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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