INFLUENZA OBSERVATIONS IN FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Some Observations on "Influenza"

Sir,?I am not attempting in this letter to give any elaborate or comprehensive history of the disease, nor do I consider it necessary to tire my readers by a repetition of its etiology, symptoms or pathological manifestations so ably and voluminously narrated in any good text-book of medicine. I shall only give, in brief, a few features of this disease that came to my notice in the recent epide...

Influenza Vaccination Among Pregnant Women — Massachusetts, 2009–2010

The emergence of the novel influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 (pH1N1) strain in 2009 required a coordinated public health response, especially among high-risk populations. Because pregnant women were at increased risk for influenza-related complications and hospitalization compared with the general population, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Advisory Committee on Immunizat...

clinical observations of new influenza a (h1n1) virus

Experimental human influenza: observations from studies of influenza antivirals.

Randomized, placebo-controlled trials have been conducted for nearly five decades in experimentally induced human influenza infections to assess the effectiveness, tolerability and pharmacological properties of influenza antivirals. The results of such studies have not only provided key proof-of-concept data to facilitate drug development but also contributed to our understanding of influenza p...

Identification of Influenza Cases During the H1N1 Pandemic in Massachusetts Using Population-Based Hospital Discharge Data ΠPLOS Currents Influenza

Objectives (1) To characterize the epidemiology of H1N1-related hospitalizations in Massachusetts; and (2) to compare characteristics of those hospitalized during periods of seasonal influenza activity and during the H1N1 pandemic. Methods Authors applied maximum and minimum criteria to the Massachusetts Hospital Discharge Database to identify H1N1-related hospitalizations. They constructed ann...