Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009

M A Ciblak; N Albayrak; Y Odabas; A Basak Altas; M Kanturvardar; M Hasoksuz; B Sucaklı; G Korukluoglu; E Bal; M Ertek; S Badur

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Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009
M A Ciblak¹ , N Albayrak² , Y Odabas³ , A Basak Altas² , M Kanturvardar¹ , M Hasoksuz⁴ , B Sucaklı³ , G Korukluoglu² , E Bal³ , M Ertek² , S Badur¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, National Influenza Reference Laboratory, Istanbul, Turkey ² Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency, National Influenza Center, Ankara, Turkey ³ Ministry of Health Primary Health Care General Directory, Communicable Disease and Outbreak Control Department, Ankara, Turkey ⁴ Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

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Citation style for this article: Ciblak M A, Albayrak N, Odabas Y, Basak Altas A, Kanturvardar M, Hasoksuz M, Sucaklı B, Korukluoglu G, Bal E, Ertek M, Badur S. Cases of influenza A(H1N1)v reported in Turkey, May-July 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(32):pii=19304. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.32.19304-en Received: 23 Jul 2009

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Abstract

Following the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of human cases of infection with a new influenza A(H1N1)v virus of swine origin, the Turkish Ministry of Health launched a case-based reporting of influenza A(H1N1)v throughout the country on 27 April 2009. The index case was detected on 15 May 2009. As of 17 July 2009 the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1)v totaled 128 of whom 38 were indigenous cases.