| gastrointestinal bleeding with influenza virus. | seven children who presented during the influenza a(h1n1) epidemic of 1988 are described. after a typical influenzal illness, they developed haematemesis of varying severity. endoscopy revealed haemorrhagic gastritis. laboratory evidence of influenza a(h1n1) virus infection was present. two children died as a result of their illness. the association of virus and gastrointestinal haemorrhage is explored. | 1991 | 1988788 |
| annual report of the national influenza surveillance scheme, 2007. | the year 2007 saw the most severe influenza season since national reporting of influenza began in 2001. early in the season the national incident room was activated to provide effective national surveillance, reporting and management of the 2007 seasonal influenza outbreak. a surveillance team were tasked with establishing enhanced surveillance for the 2007 season and investigating unusual events in this outbreak. key data required to comprehensively describe the number of cases, morbidity, mort ... | 2008 | 18767420 |
| the changing phases of pandemic (h1n1) 2009 in queensland: an overview of public health actions and epidemiology. | a graded public health response was implemented to control the pandemic (h1n1) 2009 outbreak in queensland. public health measures to contain the outbreak included border control, enhanced surveillance, management of cases and contacts with isolation or quarantine and antivirals, school closures and public education messages. the first confirmed case in australia was notified on 8 may 2009, in a traveller returning to queensland from the united states. in queensland, 593 laboratory-confirmed cas ... | 2010 | 20078411 |
| pandemic influenza h1n1 2009 in north queensland--risk factors for admission in a region with a large indigenous population. | this study describes the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed pandemic influenza h1n1 within north queensland, australia. we collected data on all specimens tested for influenza (including h1n1) by polymerase chain reaction between may and august 2009 at townsville hospital. patients requiring admission to hospital and a proportion of non-admitted patients had clinical characteristics recorded. multi-variable logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent predictors for admission. ... | 2010 | 20677419 |
| comparison of the incidence of influenza in relation to climate factors during 2000-2007 in five countries. | relatively few international comparisons of the incidence of influenza related to climate parameters have been performed, particularly in the eastern hemisphere. in this study, the incidence of influenza and climate data such as temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall, from cities at different latitudes with contrasting climates: singapore, hong kong (china), ulaanbaatar (mongolia), vancouver (canada), and three australian cities (brisbane, melbourne and sydney) were examined to determine w ... | 2010 | 20872724 |
| the utility of procalcitonin in diagnosis of h1n1 influenza in intensive care patients. | procalcitonin (pct) has been reported to differentiate between bacterial and viral causes of respiratory tract infections. we aimed to assess its ability to discriminate between viral and bacterial infection during the h1n1 pandemic of 2009. the design of this study was a retrospective single centre case series review. subjects were 17 adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit with suspected or confirmed isolated h1n1 influenza infection, from whom a pct level was assessed within 24 hou ... | 2011 | 21485672 |