The impact of altitude on hospitalization and hospital mortality from pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pneumonia in Mexico El impacto de la altitud en las tasas de hospitalización y mortalidad por el virus de la influenza A (H1N1) pandémico en México

• Main Authors: Rogelio Pérez-Padilla (Author), Cecilia García-Sancho (Author), Rosario Fernández (Author), Francisco Franco-Marina (Author), Hugo López-Gatell (Author), Ietza Bojórquez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of altitude of residence on influenza A (H1N1). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed 207 135 officially notified of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases, 23 048 hospitalizations and 573 deaths during the first months of the novel pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus, to exa...