2009 H1N1 Influenza

2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Seroepidemiology

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.

On 11 June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the first human influenza pandemic since 1968–1969. The responsible virus, pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza, is a novel triple-reassortant influenza A virus, incorporating avian, swine and human influenza genes.1 The virus is resistant to the anti-influenza medications, amantadine and rimantadine, but is generally sensitive to the neuraminid...

Preparing for 2009 H1N1 Influenza.

In 1743, when disease was presumed to be astral in origin, European newspapers reported on a contagious influence (inf luenza in Italian) that was being visited on the citizens of Rome. Two hundred years later, Wilson Smith and colleagues would isolate an influenza A virus, one of the members of the orthomyxovirus family.1 The key reservoirs of all influenza A viruses are migrating waterfowl, a...

2009 h1n1 influenza virus seroepidemiology

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2009 H1N1 influenza virus and immunosuppressive drug.

1. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention. Updated interim recommendations: special considerations for clinicians regarding 2009 H1N1 influenza in severely immunosuppresed patients (on line). [Acessed on 2010 Sept 13]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/immunosuppresion/ 2. Bacal F, Seguro LF, Ogawa T, Mangini S, Fiorelli AI, Bocchi E. Pneumonia por influenza A (H1N1) em paciente i...