TY - JOUR AU - Marchand-Austin, Alex AU - Farrell, David J. AU - Jamieson, Frances B. AU - Lombardi, Nino AU - Lombos, Ernesto AU - Narang, Sunita AU - Akwar, Holy AU - Low, Donald E. AU - Gubbay, Jonathan B. T1 - Respiratory Infection in Institutions during Early Stages of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Canada T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 12 SP - 2001 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Outbreaks of respiratory infection in institutions in Ontario, Canada were studied from April 20 to June 12, 2009, during the early stages of the emergence of influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Despite widespread presence of influenza in the general population, only 2 of 83 outbreaks evaluated by molecular methods were associated with pandemic (H1N1) 2009. KW - Influenza KW - H1N1 KW - disease outbreaks KW - nursing homes KW - respiratory tract infections KW - long-term care facilities KW - viruses KW - Canada KW - expedited KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1512.091022 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/12/09-1022_article ER - End of Reference