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Pulmonary changes in Norwegian fatal cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009) infection: a morphologic and molecular genetic study.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 1 Nov 2016
Voltersvik Pål, Aqrawi Lara A, Dudman Susanne, Hungnes Olav, Bostad Leif, Brokstad Karl A, Cox Rebecca J
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BACKGROUND: During the pandemic outbreak of the 2009 swine influenza (A(H1N1)pdm09), 32 fatal cases occurred in Norway and 19 of these were included in this study. OBJECTIVES: We characterised pulmonary changes in these fatal Norwegian cases. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Upon hospitalisation, detailed clinical information and specimens from the upper and lower respiratory pathways were collected. At post-mortem, lung...
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