background: influenza a (h1n1) pandemic is recently threatening the health of world's population. non-pharmaceutical measures are important to prevent the spread of influenza a (h1n1) and to prevent a pandemic. effective influenza pandemic management requires understanding of the factors influencing preventive behavioral changes. this study determined the status of preventive behaviors regardin...

background: the preventive measures against h1n1 influenza are vitally important. the aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and performance of academic hospital staff about h1n1 influenza. methods: this study was carried out on ali-ebne-abiltaleb hospital staff in rafsanjan, iran. the data gathering tool was a researcher made questionnaire comprised of 38 questions on d...

Background: A new pandemic influenza A (H1N1) emerged in April 2009, causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Since mutations in the haemagglutinin (HA) may influence the antigenicity and pathogenicity of the virus, continued epidemiological and molecular characterization for the effective control of pandemic flu and developing of more appropriate vaccine is crucial. Objective: To monitor ...

abstract:   introduction: due to the importance of influenza type a (h1n1) as an epidemic disease as well as the type of educational method applied, this study investigated the effects of educational workshop method on students' influenza type a (h1n1)-related knowledge.   methods: in this quasi-experimental study 67 undergraduate students in school of health, isfahan university of medical scie...

results out of 253 cases confirmed for influenza a (h1n1), 9 women and 11men had died. amongst these cases the minimum and maximum age was3.5 and90 years, respectively. also, from the 20 confirmed cases of influenza a (h1n1) that had died, 16 cases had at least one underlying disease. conclusions there was no significant association between mortality of confirmed cases of influenza a (h1n1) and...

conclusions clinical signs and symptoms presented by patients infected with the influenza a h1n1 virus were similar to those described for seasonal influenza, although with more gastrointestinal disorders. results among the 232 enrolled cases, 126 patients (54.31%) were male and 106 patients (45.89%) were female. real time reverse rt-pcr test revealed that 18.1% of suspected children were posit...

background emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza a (h1n1) pandemic since 2009 attracted the attention of scientists to characterize epidemiological features and clinical manifestations of this disease in comparison to seasonal flu in different parts of the world. objectives the goal of this investigation was to compare these features in confirmed cases of swine-origin influenza a (h1n1) a...

background: primary health care workers (phcw) are the front-liners in any infectious disease outbreaks. the recent outbreak of h1n1 influenza demonstrated that uptake of h1n1 vaccination remained low amongst pchw despite its proven effectiveness. this trend is worrying as phcw are the first point of contact in any emerging outbreak of future influenza epidemic. purpose: to investigate factors ...