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Outbreak of Influenza A (2009) H1N1 among Thai Healthcare Workers: Is It Time to Integrate a Vaccination Program?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak  and
Linda M. Mundy
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
L. M. Mundy, LLC, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand, 12120 (anapisarn@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

We report an outbreak of influenza A (2009) H1N1 among healthcare workers in a coronary care unit in Thailand. The attack rate was 32% (7 of 32 healthcare workers) after detection of influenza A (2009) H1N1 pneumonia in the index patient. Estimated costs for the outbreak investigation and control plan were 12-fold higher than estimated costs of vaccination for healthcare workers.

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Concise Communcations
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 854 - 856
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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