Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Children With Influenza A H1N1 in Khuzestan, Iran During July 2009–April 2010

Manoochehr Makvandi; Amir Houshang Alvandi; Ehsan Aryan; Mohammad-Mehdi Gooya; Mahmood Sorosh; Mahmood Nabavi; Abdol-Rassol Nikkho; Niloofar Neisi; Shahram Tarahomi; Ahmad Nejati; Homoyon  Amiri; Zahra Nowrozibabaei; Mehdi Torabizadeh; Mohammad-Esmaeil Motlagh; Kambiz Ahmadi; Saied Najafifard; Hamidreza Dorostkar; Kamyar Makvandi; Soheila Lotfi; Homaira Askari

doi:10.5812/jjm.7873

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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Children With Influenza A H1N1 in Khuzestan, Iran During July 2009–April 2010

Author(s):

Manoochehr Makvandi¹,

Amir Houshang Alvandi^2,*,

Ehsan Aryan³,

Mohammad-Mehdi Gooya⁴,

Mahmood Sorosh⁴,

Mahmood Nabavi⁴,

Abdol-Rassol Nikkho⁵,

Niloofar Neisi¹,

Shahram Tarahomi⁵,

Ahmad Nejati¹,

Homoyon Amiri⁵,

Zahra Nowrozibabaei⁶,

Mehdi Torabizadeh⁷,

Mohammad-Esmaeil Motlagh⁷,

Kambiz Ahmadi⁸,

Saied Najafifard¹,

Hamidreza Dorostkar⁵,

Kamyar Makvandi⁹,

Soheila Lotfi¹,

Homaira Askari⁵

1Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran

2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IR Iran

3Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran

4Center for Infectious Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, IR Iran

5Deputy of Health, Social Medicine and Biostatistics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran

6Department of Virology, College of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran

7Abozar Children Hospital, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran

8Statistics Department, Deputy of Health, Social Medicine and Biostatistics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran

9School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology:Vol. 6, issue 10; e94141

Published online:Dec 01, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 20, 2019

Accepted:Jan 21, 2013

How to Cite:Manoochehr MakvandiAmir Houshang AlvandiEhsan AryanMohammad-Mehdi Gooya Mahmood SoroshMahmood NabaviAbdol-Rassol NikkhoNiloofar Neisi Shahram TarahomiAhmad NejatiHomoyon AmiriZahra NowrozibabaeiMehdi TorabizadehMohammad-Esmaeil MotlaghKambiz AhmadiSaied NajafifardHamidreza DorostkarKamyar MakvandiSoheila LotfiHomaira Askariet al.Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Children With Influenza A H1N1 in Khuzestan, Iran During July 2009–April 2010.Jundishapur J Microbiol.2013;6(10):e94141.https://doi.org/10.5812/jjm.7873.

Abstract

Background: Influenza A H1N1 virus had became a world pandemic during June 2009 to July 2010. Children are the most susceptible group to acquire influenza infection and almost half of hospitalized patients are under 18 years of age. On May 10^th 2009, The Iranian Ministry of Health launched a system to monitor and report the presence of this new virus throughout the country.

Objectives: In this report we summarized the results of surveillance activity in children aged 2-17 years in a southwestern province of Iran, Khuzestan, in response to the emergence of influenza A H1N1 virus during July 2009–April 2010.

Patients and Methods: A total of 232 suspected children who fulfilled the case definition criteria were included in this study. Physicians obtained nasopharyngeal swab specimens, and human influenza A H1N1 was detected, using Real time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test according to the CDC protocol.

Results: Among the 232 enrolled cases, 126 patients (54.31%) were male and 106 patients (45.89%) were female. Real time Reverse RT-PCR test revealed that 18.1% of suspected children were positive for the influenza A H1N1 virus. The most frequent symptoms among the confirmed patients were cough (34, 81%), fever (30, 71%), and myalgia (24, 57%) and five cases (12%) reported diarrhea.

Conclusions: Clinical signs and symptoms presented by patients infected with the influenza A H1N1 virus were similar to those described for seasonal influenza, although with more gastrointestinal disorders.

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