Outbreak of pandemic 2009 influenza A/H1N1 infection in the hematology ward: fatal clinical outcome of hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and emergence of the H275Y neuraminidase mutation.

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We report an outbreak of pandemic 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus (2009 H1N1) infection that occurred in the hematology ward of our institution during the 2010-2011 influenza season. A total of seven hospitalized patients with hematologic tumors, including five recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), successively developed rapid influenza detection test (RIDT)-positive influenza A; four patients...

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