Epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic characteristics of influenza A/H1N1 in Moslem Bedouin and Jewish children hospitalized in southern Israel during 2009

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jun;30(6):530-3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31821810ff.

Abstract

A total of 739 (225 H1N1(+)) children with a diagnosis of acute respiratory infection were hospitalized during July to December 2009. The H1N1(+) children were compared with 225 randomly enrolled H1N1(-) children with an influenza-like illness. As compared with influenza-like illness patients, patients with 2009 influenza A/H1N1 were characterized by older age, more vomiting, less hypoxemia and wheezing, lower white blood cell counts, less neutrophilia, and severe lymphopenia.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Distribution
  • Arabs
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / diagnosis
  • Infant
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / pathology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Israel / epidemiology
  • Jews
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lymphopenia / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Sounds / diagnosis
  • Vomiting / diagnosis