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Comparative Study
. 2010 Aug;16(8):1312-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1608.091931.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and Down syndrome patients

Rogelio Pérez-Padilla  1 , Rosario Fernández, Cecilia García-Sancho, Francisco Franco-Marina, Octavio Aburto, Hugo López-Gatell, Ietza Bojórquez
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Comparative Study

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and Down syndrome patients

Rogelio Pérez-Padilla et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

We compared prevalence of hospitalization, endotracheal intubation, and death among case-patients with and without Down syndrome during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Mexico. Likelihoods of hospitalization, intubation, and death were 16-fold, 8-fold, and 335-fold greater, respectively, for patients with Down syndrome. Vaccination and early antiviral drug treatment are recommended during such epidemics.

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