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- Title
High mortality from respiratory failure secondary to swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) in South Africa.
- Authors
Koegelenberg, C. F. N.; Irusen, E. M.; Cooper, R.; Diacon, A. H.; Taljaard, J. J.; Mowlana, A.; von Groote-Bidlingmaier, F.; Bolliger, C. T.
- Abstract
Background: The novel influenza A (H1N1) pandemic affected South Africa late during the 2009 Southern hemisphere winter and placed an extra burden on a health care system already dealing with a high prevalence of chronic lung diseases and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
- Subjects
PANDEMICS; H1N1 influenza; MEDICAL care; VIRUS diseases; HIV infections; LUNG diseases
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2010, Vol 103, Issue 5, p319
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/hcq022