Cutler Jennifer, Schleihauf Emily, Hatchette Todd F, Billard Bev, Watson-Creed Gaynor, Davidson Ross, Li Yan, Bastien Nathalie, Sarwal Shelly
Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
CMAJ. 2009 Aug 4;181(3-4):159-63. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090859. Epub 2009 Jul 20.
The outbreak of human infection due to the novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus began in Mexico in March 2009. As of July 6, 2009, more than 94,000 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in over 100 countries, including 7983 cases in Canada. In this report, we describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of the first cluster of reported cases of human-to-human transmission of the new influenza virus in Canada.
2009年3月,新型猪源甲型流感(H1N1)病毒引发的人类感染疫情在墨西哥爆发。截至2009年7月6日,100多个国家报告了超过94,000例实验室确诊病例,其中加拿大有7983例。在本报告中,我们描述了加拿大首次报告的新型流感病毒人际传播病例群的流行病学和临床特征。