The role of chronic disease in the disparity of influenza incidence and severity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australian peoples during the 2009 influenza pandemic

• Main Authors: Rashmi Dixit (Author), Fleur Webster (Author), Robert Booy (Author), Robert Menzies (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic (influenza A(H1N1)pdm09) disproportionately impacted Indigenous peoples. Indigenous Australians are also affected by a health gap in chronic disease prevalence. We hypothesised that the disparity in influenza incidence and severity was accounted f...