| identifying areas of australia at risk of h5n1 avian influenza infection from exposure to migratory birds: a spatial analysis. | since 2003, highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) due to h5n1 virus has been reported from both domestic poultry and wild birds in 60 countries resulting in the direct death or slaughter of over 250,000,000 birds. the potential exists for hpai to spread to australia via migratory shorebirds returning from asia with the most likely pathway of introduction into commercial poultry flocks involving the transfer of hpai from migrating shorebirds to native waterfowl species that subsequently intera ... | 2008 | 18686269 |
| h1n1 swine origin influenza infection in the united states and europe in 2009 may be similar to h1n1 seasonal influenza infection in two australian states in 2007 and 2008. | the population-based impact of infection with swine origin influenza a (h1n1) virus infection was not clear in the early days of the epidemic towards the end of may 2009. australia had seven confirmed cases by 22 may 2009. we aimed to compare available data on swine origin influenza a (h1n1) virus infection overseas with seasonal influenza a (h1n1) virus infection in australia to assist with forward planning. | 2009 | 19627376 |
| epidemiological characteristics of pandemic influenza h1n1 2009 and seasonal influenza infection. | the median age of patients with pandemic influenza h1n1 2009 infection was reported as 20-25 years in initial case series from europe and the united states. this has been lowered to 13 years in the us after testing of more patients, but this may reflect differential increased testing of school-aged children as part of the pandemic response. the median age of patients with seasonal influenza a(h1n1) infection identified through sentinel surveillance in western australia and victoria in 2007-2008 ... | 2009 | 19645642 |
| procalcitonin and c-reactive protein in severe 2009 h1n1 influenza infection. | to examine whether, in an adult intensive care unit (icu), procalcitonin or c-reactive protein (crp) levels discriminated between 2009 h1n1 influenza infection and community-acquired pneumonia of bacterial origin. | 2010 | 20069274 |
| comparison of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 and seasonal influenza, western australia, 2009. | we compared confirmed pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza diagnosed in western australia during the 2009 influenza season. from 3,178 eligible reports, 984 pandemic and 356 seasonal influenza patients were selected; 871 (88.5%) and 288 (80.9%) were interviewed, respectively. patients in both groups reported a median of 6 of 11 symptoms; the difference between groups in the proportion reporting any given symptom was < or =10%. fewer than half the patients in both groups had > or ... | 2010 | 20735922 |
| chronic disease and hospitalisation for pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza in indigenous and non-indigenous western australians. | indigenous and non-indigenous western australians with pandemic (h1n1) 2009 influenza (ph1n1) infection were compared for risk factors, influenza vaccination history, symptoms, use of antiviral medications, and hospitalisation. data were collected systematically on 856 notified cases with laboratory confirmed ph1n1 infection during the first 10 weeks of ph1n1 virus transmission in western australia in 2009. indigenous people with ph1n1 were approximately 3 times more likely to be hospitalised an ... | 2011 | 22010511 |