Description of the early stage of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany, 27 April-16 June 2009

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Description of the early stage of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany, 27 April-16 June 2009
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Citation style for this article: Novel influenza A(H1N1) investigation team. Description of the early stage of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany, 27 April-16 June 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(31):pii=19295. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.31.19295-en Received: 28 Jul 2009

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Abstract

We report characteristics of the early stage of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Germany. Until 16 June 2009, 198 confirmed cases were notified. Almost half of the cases (47%) were imported, mostly from Mexico and the United States. About two thirds of indigenous cases were outbreak-related (with two large school-associated outbreaks, n=74). According to our results Germany is still in the early stage of the pandemic with limited domestic transmission.