Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001053
• Publication Date: 2011-07-05T21:01:13Z
• Authors: Maria D. Van Kerk...; Katelijn A. H. Va...; Vivek Shinde; Giovanna Jaramill...; Artemis Koukounari; Christl A. Donnelly; Luis O. Carlino; Rhonda Owen; Beverly Paterson; Louise Pelletier; Julie Vachon; Claudia Gonzalez; Yu Hongjie; Feng Zijian; Shuk Kwan Chuang; Albert Au; Silke Buda; Gerard Krause; Walter Haas; Isabelle Bonmarin; Kiyosu Taniguichi; Kensuke Nakajima; Tokuaki Shobayashi; Yoshihiro Takayama; Tomi Sunagawa; Jean Michel Heraud; Arnaud Orelle; Ethel Palacios; Marianne A. B. va...; C. C. H. Lieke Wi...; Darren Hunt; Jeffrey Cutter; Vernon J. Lee; Juno Thomas; Patricia Santa-Ol...; Maria J. Sierra-M...; Wanna Hanshaoworakul; Kumnuan Ungchusak; Richard Pebody; Seema Jain; Anthony W. Mounts
• Keywords: Pandemic

This study analyzes data from 19 countries (from April 2009 to Jan 2010), comprising some 70,000 hospitalized patients with severe H1N1 infection, reveal risk factors for pandemic influenza, which include chronic illness, cardiac disease, respiratory and diabetes.