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Investigation of an Outbreak of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A Virus (H1N1) Infections among Healthcare Personnel in a Chicago Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Shelley S. Magill ,
Stephanie R. Black ,
Matthew E. Wise ,
Alexander J. Kallen ,
Soo-Jeong Lee ,
Tracie Gardner ,
Farah Husain ,
Arjun Srinivasan ,
Susan I. Gerber  and
Michael Jhung
Shelley S. Magill*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Stephanie R. Black
Affiliation:
Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois
Matthew E. Wise
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Alexander J. Kallen
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Soo-Jeong Lee
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Tracie Gardner
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia Alaska Division of Public Health, Anchorage, Alaska
Farah Husain
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Arjun Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Susan I. Gerber
Affiliation:
Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois
Michael Jhung
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop A-24, Atlanta, GA 30333 (smagill@cdc.gov)
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In May 2009, we investigated a hospital outbreak of pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) infection among healthcare personnel (HCP). Thirteen (65%) of 20 HCP with pH1N1 infection had healthcare-associated cases, which were primarily attributed to transmission among HCP. Eleven (55%) of HCP with pH1N1 infection worked for 1 day or more after the onset of illness. Personnel working with mild illness may have contributed to transmission among HCP.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , June 2011 , pp. 611 - 615
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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