Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 228-234 , November 2011

Pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) in hospitalized patients in a Saudi Arabian hospital: Epidemiology and clinical comparison with H1N1-negative patients

  • Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: P.O. Box 76, Room A-428-2, Building 61, Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 3 877 3524; fax: +966 3 877 3790.
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  • Mahmoud Abed

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Bassam M. Saadeh

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Jihad Ghandour

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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  • Mohammad Shaltaf

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Mohamed M. Babiker

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine Unit, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Received 21 December 2010 ,Revised 18 August 2011 ,Accepted 27 September 2011.

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PII: S1876-0341(11)00100-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.09.005

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 228-234 , November 2011

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