Risk Factors for Severe Influenza A–Related Pneumonia in Adult Cohort, Mexico, 2013–14

During the 2013-14 influenza season, we assessed characteristics of 102 adults with suspected influenza pneumonia in a hospital in Mexico; most were unvaccinated. More comorbidities and severity of illness were found than for patients admitted during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic. Vaccination polic...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 1554 - 1558
Main Authors: Gómez-Gómez, Alejandro, Magaña-Aquino, Martin, Bernal-Silva, Sofía, Araujo-Meléndez, Javier, Comas-García, Andreu, Alonso-Zúñiga, Emma, Torres-Torres, Eliana, Noyola, Daniel E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 01.09.2014
Subjects:
A(H1N1)pdm09
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Female
History, 21st Century
Hospitalization
Humans
Influenza
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human - complications
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Middle Aged
pandemic
pneumonia
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - etiology
Pneumonia, Viral - history
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
vaccine
viruses
Young Adult
Mexico
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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Summary:During the 2013-14 influenza season, we assessed characteristics of 102 adults with suspected influenza pneumonia in a hospital in Mexico; most were unvaccinated. More comorbidities and severity of illness were found than for patients admitted during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic. Vaccination policies should focus on risk factors.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2009.140115