Effectiveness of oseltamivir on disease progression and viral RNA shedding in patients with mild pandemic 2009 influenza A H1N1: opportunistic retrospective study of medical charts in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the clinical features and effectiveness of oseltamivir on disease progression and viral RNA shedding in patients with mild pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus infection.

Design

Opportunistic retrospective review of medical charts of patients with confirmed 2009 H1N1 identified through the national surveillance system in China from May to July 2009.

Setting

Under coordination of the Ministry of Health, local health departments were asked to collect medical records of confirmed patients and send them to the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on a voluntary basis as part of the public health response. Population 1291 patients with confirmed 2009 H1N1 infection and available data for chart review.

Main outcome measures

Demogra

SUBMITTER: Yu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2947622 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature