Rates of hospitalisation for acute respiratory illness and the emergence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in the Hunter New England Area Health Service

Title: Rates of hospitalisation for acute respiratory illness and the emergence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in the Hunter New England Area Health Service
Creator: Dawood, Fatimah S.; Dalton, Craig B.; Durrheim, David N.; Hope, Kirsty G.
Relation: Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 191, Issue 10, p. 573-574
Relation: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_10_161109/letters_161109_fm-1.html
Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: Hospitalisation rates for seasonal influenza are highest among young children and people aged over 65 years. Calculation of laboratory-confirmed infection rates is difficult because influenza testing is not consistently performed. Using diagnostic codes to identify hospitalisations for acute respiratory illness provides one measure of the relative burden of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1) virus infection compared with influenza virus infections in previous influenza seasons.
Subject: H1N1; pH1N1; virus infections; influenza; hospitalisations
Identifier: uon:6860
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/805424
Identifier: ISSN:0025-729X

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