Pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) in hospitalized patients in a Saudi Arabian hospital: Epidemiology and clinical comparison with H1N1-negative patients

• Main Authors: Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq (Author), Mahmoud Abed (Author), Bassam M. Saadeh (Author), Jihad Ghandour (Author), Mohammad Shaltaf (Author), Mohamed M. Babiker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background and objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was a public health emergency of international concern in April 2009. Herein, we describe the characteristics of patients in a Saudi Arabian hospital with and without H1N1 infection. Met...