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Volume 17, Number 1–January 2011
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Outbreak at Camp for Children with Hematologic and Oncologic Conditions

Cori Morrison, Paola Maurtua-Neumann, Myo Thwin Myint, Stacy S. Drury, and Rodolfo E. Bégué Comments to Author

Author affiliations: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (C. Morrison, R.E. Bégué); and Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans (P. Maurtua-Neumann, M.T. Myint, S.S. Drury)

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Abstract
An outbreak of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 occurred among campers and staff at a summer camp attended by children with hematologic and oncologic conditions. The overall attack rate was 36% and was highest among children and adolescents (43%), persons with cancer (48%), and persons with sickle cell disease (82%).

Since it was first identified in April 2009 (1), the influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus has sickened >1 million persons in the United States (www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/surveillanceqa.htm). Because of the novelty of this virus, its transmissibility and severity are still under study.

We investigated an outbreak that occurred at a summer camp in northern rural Louisiana. Study approval was provided by the institutional review boards of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Children's Hospital, and Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Morrison C, Neumann-Maurtua P, Myint MT, Drury SS, Bégué RE. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak at a summer camp for children with hematologic and oncologic conditions. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2011 Jan [date cited].
http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/17/1/87.htm

DOI: 10.3201/eid1701.091499

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Rodolfo E Bégué, Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; email: rbegue@lsuhsc.edu