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Virusdisease. 2017 Mar;28(1):33-38. doi: 10.1007/s13337-017-0363-y. Epub 2017 Mar 18.

Analyzing the clinical profile of swine flu/influenza A H1N1 infection in central India: a retrospective study.

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Sameer Arbat, Mitesh Dave, Vinit Niranjane, Irfan Rahman, Ashok Arbat

Affiliations

  1. Ketki Research Institute of Medical Sciences, 275, Central Bazar Road, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur, Maharashtra state 440 010 India.
  2. Department of Environmental Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY USA.

PMID: 28466053 PMCID: PMC5377859 DOI: 10.1007/s13337-017-0363-y

Abstract

Recently, India reported an increase in swine flu (influenza A H1N1) activity. There are limited studies on epidemiology of swine flu in Indian context. This study aims to analyze clinical and epidemiological profile of suspected swine flu cases in central India. 171 cases were included in a hospital based, observational, descriptive study conducted from December 2014 to April 2015. Demographics, clinical presentation and outcome of positive and negative cases were compared. Data was analyzed using STATA software. Distribution by age, sex and residence was found similar (

Keywords: Case fatality ratio; H1N1 subtype; Influenza A virus; Swine flu clinical profile

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