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. 2024 May 15:60-61:101434.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2024.101434. eCollection 2024 Aug-Oct.

The recommendations and the way forward to fight human infections caused by influenza A (H1N1) in Brazil

Styves Banga  1   2 , Fabien Balagizi  1   2 , Ibad Ur Rehman  3 , Malik Olatunde Oduoye  1 , Rodrigue Fikiri Bavurhe  1   4 , Hugues Cakwira  1   2   5 , Chrispin Biamba  1   2   6 , Gaston Masimango  1   4 , Hardy Elembwe  1 , Aymar Akilimali  1   2
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The recommendations and the way forward to fight human infections caused by influenza A (H1N1) in Brazil

Styves Banga et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Many recent outbreaks of influenza A (H1N1) in the world, especially in Brazil, it has become clear that the severity of the disease is not known in the same form. On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Brazil notified the WHO of a fatal case of human infection with a variant of the influenza A(H1N1) virus of swine origin, this case was confirmed in a laboratory in the region of the interior state of Paraná. This is the first human infection caused by an influenza A (H1N1) virus reported in 2023 nationwide in Brazil. To mitigate H1N1 flu in Brazil, we urge the Brazillian government through its Ministry of Health to improve on mass awareness about the signs and symptoms of H1N1 flu among the Brazillians. The Brazillian government should also implement the One Health approach towards the control of H1N1 flu in Brazil, as we believe that these recommendations would go a long way in preventing future cases and the spread of H1N1 flu in Brazil. This article aims to present the clinical presentations of the H1N1 flu and the implications, recommendations and the way forward to protect the Brazilian population against the H1N1 flu.

Keywords: Animals; H1N1 subtype; Humans; Influenza A virus; Influenza human diagnosis.

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