Influenza-like illness surveillance on the California-Mexico border, 2004-2009
| Autor: | Martha Vazquez-Erlbeck, Patrick J. Blair, Paula Kriner, Veronica Bejarano Ramirez, Ietza Bojorquez, Sonia Montiel, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Peter E. Kammerer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Influenza-like illness Respiratory tract infections Epidemiology viruses Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Biology medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology Virus Vaccination Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine Enterovirus Pathogen |
| Zdroj: | Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 6:358-366 |
| ISSN: | 1750-2640 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00316.x |
| Popis: | female participant from Imperial County, California, was among the first documented cases of 2009 H1N1. Additional pathogens included influenza B, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, enterovirus, herpes simplex virus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Streptococcus pyogenes. Conclusions The US-Mexico border is one of the busiest in the world, with a large number of daily crossings. Due to its traffic, this area is an ideal location for surveillance sites. We identified a pathogen in 36% of the specimens tested, with influenza A the most common pathogen. A number of other viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens were identified. An understanding of the incidence of respiratory pathogens in border populations is useful for development of regional vaccination and disease prevention |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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