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Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009.

Ciblak, M A; Albayrak, N; Odabas, Y; Basak Altas, A; Kanturvardar, M; Hasoksuz, M; Sucakli, B; Korukluoglu, G; Bal, E; Ertek, M; Badur, S.

Euro Surveill ; 14(32)2009 Aug 13.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19679038

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Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of human cases of infection with a new influenza A(H1N1)v virus of swine origin, the Turkish Ministry of Health launched a case-based reporting of influenza A(H1N1)v throughout the country on 27 April 2009. The index case was detected on 15 May 2009. As of 17 July 2009 the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1)v totaled 128 of whom 38 were indigenous cases.

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Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype , Influenza, Human/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype/pathogenicity , Influenza, Human/diagnosis , Influenza, Human/physiopathology , Male , Middle Aged , Population Surveillance/methods , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Travel , Turkey/epidemiology , Young Adult

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