Cent Eur J Public Health 2011, 19(4):235-237 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3739

Rare Positive Laboratory Tests for the Presence of Influenza Virus A/H1N1-2009 in May, June, July, 2011, in the Districts of Košice I-IV and Surroundings of Košice in the Slovak Republic: Rapid Communication

Jana Seligová1, Anna Belyová1, Andrea Čulmanová2, Vladimír Oleár3, Lýdia Čisláková2
1 Regional Public Health Authority in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
2 Faculty of Medicine UPJŠ in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
3 Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Influenza illnesses and positive laboratory tests for the presence of influenza virus in recent years in the districts of Košice I-IV and surroundings have only occurred during the winter season. In May to July 2010 only one positive laboratory test for the presence of influenza virus A/H1N1-2009 was reported. In 2011, during the same period, a total of 29 positive laboratory tests were recorded for the presence of influenza virus A/H1N1-2009 in individuals with typical clinical symptoms of influenza. Of 29 clinical cases, 27 were diagnosed as influenza and 2 as SARI; 4 cases involved children.

Keywords: influenza, virus, summer

Received: October 27, 2011; Revised: November 27, 2011; Accepted: November 27, 2011; Published: December 1, 2011  Show citation

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Seligová J, Belyová A, Čulmanová A, Oleár V, Čisláková L. Rare Positive Laboratory Tests for the Presence of Influenza Virus A/H1N1-2009 in May, June, July, 2011, in the Districts of Košice I-IV and Surroundings of Košice in the Slovak Republic: Rapid Communication. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2011;19(4):235-237. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3739. PubMed PMID: 22432401.
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