Title: A Study on Pulmonary Manifestations and Clinical Outcome of Patients Hospitalized with H1N1 Infection
Authors: Santhoskumar P.V, James P T, Sandeep B R
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i2.22
Abstract
Introduction
H1N1 fever (swine flu) is caused by a triple reassorted influenza virus which has got antigenic elements from swine, avian and human influenza virus. The first case of current pandemic was reported from Mexico in March 2009 since then it has affected more than 214 countries and killed about 18000 people In India first case was reported from Hyderabad. In India total number of deaths is 1494 out of 30554 reported cases. The clinical profile, severity and outcome of HIN1infectionwas not uniform in different parts of the world. There are very few detailed studies about the hospitalized patients with HIN1 Infection from our country.
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